Open AccessMycotic Keratitis Due to Aspergillus nomius
Author(s) -
M. Palanisamy,
János Varga,
Sándor Kocsubé́,
Robert A. Samson,
Anita Raghavan,
Revathi Rajaraman,
Ilona Dóczi,
Tibor Németh,
Venkatapathy Narendran,
Csaba Vágvölgyi,
Chockaiya Manoharan,
László Kredics
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01051-09
Subject(s) - natamycin , econazole , keratitis , fungal keratitis , itraconazole , ketoconazole , aspergillus , dermatology , fungi imperfecti , mycosis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , antifungal , pathology , immunology
We report the first known case of fungal keratitis caused by Aspergillus nomius. Ocular injury was known as a predisposing factor. The patient was treated with natamycin and econazole eye drops, itraconazole eye ointment, and oral ketoconazole. A therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty was performed 16 days after presentation. A sequence-based approach was used to assign the isolate to a species.
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