J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1999 Nov;40(11):3224-3228.
A Case of Fungal Keratitis Caused by Curvularia Species
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University.
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- Curvularia species are filamentous, pigmented fungi which are found in soils, air, and plants, and cause endocarditis, peritonitis, brain abscess, sinusitis, and keratitis. We report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Curvularia species and treated successfully with 0.15% amphotericin B eyedrops in a 58-year-old woman. KOH smear demonstrates hyphae and four to five celled poroconidia, which are borne on a bent knee type conidiophore, are found on lactophenol cotton blue stain. Fungal culture on Sabouraud's dextrose agar plate demonstratesmoderately rapid growing, cottony, and white, orange, and green with a brown reverse.
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