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			<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">GJRA</journal-id>
			<journal-title>GJRA - Global Journal For Research Analysis</journal-title>
			<issn pub-type="ppub">2250 - 1991</issn>
			<publisher>
				<publisher-name>Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research</publisher-name>
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			<article-id pub-id-type="other">gjra-8-5-10938</article-id>
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					<subject>Original Research Paper</subject>
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				<article-title>CLINICAL STUDY OF FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER</article-title>
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			<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author">
						<name>
							<surname>V.</surname>
							<given-names>Sree Kumar</given-names>
							<prefix>Dr.</prefix>
						</name>
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				<month>May</month>
				<year>2019</year>
			</pub-date>
			<volume>8</volume>
			<issue>5</issue>
			<fpage>01</fpage>
			<lpage>02</lpage>
			<abstract>
				<title>ABSTRACT</title>
				<p>Corneal ulcer is a major public health problem in the developing world  
causing prolonged ocular morbidity and visual impairment.

 In a vast agricultural country like India, particularly where primary health                 care and referral systems are weak, minor eye injuries sustained in  agricultural farms    often lead to corneal ulceration of fungal etiology and loss of vision

  Corneal infections of fungal etiology (19-45%).  are common in India  Aspergillus (16&ndash;53%) and Fusarium (10&ndash;47%) are the common 
incriminating pathogens.  100 patients with fungal corneal ulcers were recruited   for  the study. All corneal ulcer patients with positive 10% KOH preparation   and/or positive .

 fungal culture results were included in the study. In this study Fusarium was the  most common species among the culture positive cases followed by Aspergillusspecies. Natamycin is the chief topical antifungal agent used . Ocular morbidity in fungal infections tends to be greater than that in bacterial keratitis, because the diagnosis is often delayed and available drugs are not very effective. History of injury with vegetable matter, dry looking ulcer, feathery edges, satellite lesions, endothelial plaque and thick hypopyon form a typical presentation. So it is necessary to be aware of the clinical presentation of fungal corneal ulcer to promptly suspect its presence and initiate proper laboratory investigation and implement optimal treatment.

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