Abstract:Summary: In a study of 210 patients with corneal ulcer, 105 were clinically diagnosed as mycotic keratitis. 25 of these were positive for fungi in culture. Only 6 of the remaining, 105 cases of keratitis, were of fungal origin. Species of Aspergillus were dominant (11) followed by those of Fusarium and Candida (5 each). Out of 31 fungus positive cases 26 had mycelial fungi and 5 Candida spp. Amphotericin B plus nystatin (mycostatin) or amphotericin B alone were most effective for the former and latter fungal … Show more
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