| Title | Aureobasidium pullulans scleritis following keratoplasty: a case report |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Gupta V, Chawla R, Sen S |
| Journal | Ophthalmic Surg Lasers |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pagination | 481 - 2 |
| Date Published | Nov-Dec |
| ISSN | 1082-3069 (Print) 1082-3069 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 11725774 |
| Keywords | Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use, Corneal Ulcer / microbiology / surgery, Cryotherapy, Debridement, Eye Infections, Fungal / diagnosis / *microbiology / therapy, Humans, Keratoplasty, Penetrating / *adverse effects, Male, Middle Aged, Mitosporic Fungi / *isolation & purification, Mycoses / diagnosis / *microbiology / therapy, Scleritis / diagnosis / *microbiology / therapy |
| Abstract | Fungal scleritis is a rare entity. A 50-year-old patient with culture proven Aureobasidium pullulans corneal ulcer underwent therapeutic keratoplasty. He developed scleritis 5 days following surgery. Although the patient had symptomatic improvement after antifungal therapy, surgical debridement, and cryotherapy, visual improvement was only marginal. Aureobasidium pullulans should be looked for as a cause for keratomycosis and scleromycosis, especially in tropical countries. |
| URL | internal-pdf://Gupta - Aureobasidium scleritis-1654575616/Gupta - Aureobasidium scleritis.pdf |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 620 |
