J Clin Ophthalmol Eye Disord | Volume 1, Issue 4 | Case Report | Open Access

Fonsecaea spp. in a Case of Corneal Ulcer – A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital, New Delhi

Malhotra S^*, Dhundial R, Jerum H, Bhatia NJK, Chauhan A, Jain S and Duggal N

Department of Microbiology and Department of Ophthalmology, PGIMER and RML Hospital, India

^*Correspondance to: Shalini Malhotra 

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Abstract

Despite Fonsecaea pedrosoi being the most common agent of cutaneous blastomycosis, there are few reports of ocular infection by this agent in the literature. This article describes an unusual case of keratitis due to F. pedrosoi, which developed after corneal trauma. The patient was a 35-year-old man who presented with a corneal ulcer in the right eye, after sustaining an injury caused by raw vegetable matter. Corneal scrapings were collected for smear and culture examinations. Dematiaceous hyphae were seen on wet mounts of the scrapings, and dark pigmented colonies grew on the culture media. Isolate was identified as F. pedrosoi.

Keywords:

Chromo blastomycosis; Dematiaceous fungus; Fonsecaea pedrosoi

Citation:

Malhotra S, Dhundial R, Jerum H, Bhatia NJK, Chauhan A, Jain S, et al. Fonsecaea spp. in a Case of Corneal Ulcer – A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital, New Delhi. J Clin Ophthalmol Eye Disord. 2017; 1(4): 1018.