Keratomycosis Caused By Graphium eumorphum (Graphium State of Scedosporium apiospermum)
Correspondence Address :
Dr. C.S. Shobana,
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore – 641 014, Tamilnadu, India.
E-mail : shobanasenthilkumar@gmail.com
Graphium eumorphum is rarely associated with mycotic keratitis. We report the case of a 30-year-old female presented with complaints of redness and defective vision in the left eye for one month. Gram staining and 10% KOH wet mount of corneal smears revealed fungal filaments. On potato dextrose agar, fast growing greyish white colonies turning grayish black on maturity was obtained. Lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB) staining confirmed the isolate as Graphium eumorphum. The infection was resolved with the combination of natamycin, econazole and itraconazole.
Anamorphs, Antifungal susceptibility, Fungal keratitis
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/12089.5802
Date of Submission: Nov 12, 2014
Date of Peer Review: Dec 09, 2014
Date of Acceptance: Mar 03, 2015
Date of Publishing: Apr 01, 2015
Financial OR OTHER COMPETING INTERESTS: None.
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