TY - JOUR
A1 - Sane, Sayali
A1 - Sharma, Savitri
A1 - Konduri, Ranjith
A1 - Fernandes, Merle
T1 - Emerging corneal pathogens: First report of Pseudopestalotiopsis theae keratitis
Y1 - 2019/1/1
JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
JO - Indian J Ophthalmol
SP - 150
EP - 152
VL - 67
IS - 1
UR - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2019;volume=67;issue=1;spage=150;epage=152;aulast=Sane
DO - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_791_18
N2 -
A 55-year-old lady developed a corneal ring infiltrate following trauma with a wooden stick. 10% KOH mount of corneal scrapings revealed septate hyaline fungal filaments. White feathery colonies with shiny black dots grew on potato dextrose agar. Characteristic features of Pestalotiopsis spores were seen on Lactophenol cotton blue mount. DNA sequencing showed 99% similarity with Pseudopestalotiopsis theae. Complete resolution was noted with topical and oral antifungals. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of Pseudopestalotiopsis keratitis following trauma with vegetative matter highlighting the role of DNA sequencing in identification of rare fungi.
ER -