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LETTER TO EDITOR
Year : 2010  |  Volume : 58  |  Issue : 6  |  Page : 549-550

Sabouraud dextrose agar for the diagnosis of fungal keratitis


Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok - 10160, Thailand

Date of Web Publication16-Oct-2010

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Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok - 10160
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.71684

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Dear Editor,

I read the recent publication on diagnosis of fungal keratitis with great interest. [1] Das et al. concluded that "This study recommends use of blood agar or chocolate agar for diagnosis of both bacterial and fungal keratitis in situations with limited resources." [1] Omitting sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) seems to be a challenge. In microbiology, SDA is used as a standard for fungus study. [2] The use of few samples in this study should be carefully considered. In addition, some fungi, especially for Histoplasma spp. cannot be successfully cultured via blood or chocolate agars. [3],[4]

 
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Das S, Sharma S, Kar S, Sahu SK, Samal B, Mallick A. Is inclusion of Sabouraud dextrose agar essential for the laboratory diagnosis of fungal keratitis?. Indian J Ophthalmol 2010;58:281-6.  Back to cited text no. 1
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Odds FC. Sabouraud('s) agar. J Med Vet Mycol 1991;29:355-9.  Back to cited text no. 2
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Procop GW, Cockerill FR 3rd, Vetter EA, Harmsen WS, Hughes JG, Roberts GD. Performance of five agar media for recovery of fungi from isolator blood cultures. J Clin Microbiol 2000;38:3827-9.  Back to cited text no. 3
    
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Roberts GD, Washington JA 2nd. Detection of fungi in blood cultures. J Clin Microbiol 1975;1:309-10.  Back to cited text no. 4
    



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