Equine keratomycosis in Japan

Abstract

Equine keratomycosis comprises a considerable portion of infectious keratitis in Japan, and the causative fungi that we isolated had been isolated previously from horses with keratomycosis in other regions with the exception of M. wolfii. Culture and cytological examination of corneal lesions should be immediately performed on eyes with signs of keratitis, particularly on those not improving with antibacterial medication, as early initiation of aggressive antifungal treatment tended to result in better outcome and shorter treatment period.

In vivo confocal microscopy characteristics of equine epithelial and subepithelial nonulcerative keratomycosis

“…Keratomycosis is a relatively common and vision‐threatening ocular condition in horses . A wide variety of clinical ocular lesions may be observed with equine fungal keratitis.…”

İran’da Klinik Olarak Sağlıklı Yük Atlarından İzole Edilen Konjunktival Bakteriyel ve Fungal Ajanlar

“…were also the most frequently isolated fungi. Fungal genera isolated in this report are considered saprophytic; however, all of them had reported from equine keratomycosis [11,12] .…”

Differential diagnosis and management of corneal ulceration in horses, part 2

“…Fungal keratitis can have variable treatment success rates, reported as 53 per cent (Voelter-Ratson and other 2013), 63.9 per cent (Reed and others 2013), 64 per cent (Gaarder and others 1998), 75 per cent (Wada and others 2013) and 84 per cent (Andrew and others 1998) for a visual globe. These success rates have included both surgical and medical approaches.…”