Corneal scrapings

The present study was carried in the Department of Microbiology, MMIMSR, Haryana on 200 clinically suggested cases of corneal ulcers. Corneal scrapings were subjected to microscopy and culture. Of 200 suspected cases, 43.5% were culture positive. Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were the predominant gram positive and negative bacterial isolates. Aspergillus species was the most prevalent fungal isolate.

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The aim of the study is to isolate the bacteria and fungi causing keratitis in and around the Nellore district and to do antibiotic sensitivity testing especially to identify the MDR strains. Corneal scrapings were collected from 150 patients who attended to the department of Ophthalmology, Narayana Medical College, Nellore during the period February 2016 to December 2016 with corneal ulcers.

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Fungal keratitis is a major ophthalmic problem. In view of the importance in timely diagnosis and treatment of keratitis which would otherwise lead to serious complications like loss of vision, hypopyon formation, endopthalamitis, etc., this study was intended to bring into light the fungal etiological agents in suppurative keratitis. The specimen was collected from suppurative keratitis cases irrespective of prior antibiotic treatment during the period of one year from March 2012 to February 2013.

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The aim of this study is to isolate and identify the various organisms from cases of infective keratitis obtained from the department of ophthalmology in our college. Ninety six numbers of cases were included in this study, in the duration period of 18 months i.e. from January 2015 to June 2016. The corneal scrapings were processed by bacterial and fungal culture methods and microscopic examination by Gram’s stain and KOH mount. Bacterial isolates were identified by standard biochemical methods. Our study showed higher prevalence of fungal keratitis i.e. 37 (56.

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Corneal blindness is responsible for 1.5 to 2 million new cases of monocular blindness every year in which ocular trauma and corneal ulceration are significant contributors. Corneal infections of fungal etiology are common in India (19-45%). Aspergillus (16– 53%) and Fusarium (10–45%) species are the common pathogens. Purpose: 1.To Identify and isolate the various fungi causing fungal keratitis. 2. To know the usefulness of Gram stain, KOH wet mount and fungal culture in identification of fungi. Materials and Methods: After taking written and informed consent taken.

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The eye may be infected from external sources or through intraocular invasion of microorganisms carried by the blood stream. The common eye infections caused by bacterial and fungal pathogens are blepharitis, conjunctivitis, internal and external hordeolum, keratitis, dacryocystitis. Timely institution of appropriate therapy must be initiated to control the infections and thereby minimize the ocular morbidity.

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Keratomycosis is an invasive fungal infection of the cornea which usually occurs following corneal trauma by vegetative material. It is usually caused by hyaline fungus such as Aspergillus, Fusarium and Acremonium, but rare case reports with phaeoid fungus have been reported. We report here a case of keratomycosis caused by Exserohilum rostratum. E. rostratum is a dematiaceous fungus that has been known to cause sinusitis and subcutaneous infections but it has rarely been reported to be a cause of keratomycosis.

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