Mycological profile of corneal ulcer at Tertiary care centre in Central India

Dr.Sharmila Raut; Dr.Sonal Chavan; Dr.Shweta; Dr.Ravindra Khadse; Dr.Rajni P.Tore

Volume : IX, Issue : XII, December - 2019

Mycological profile of corneal ulcer at Tertiary care centre in Central India

Dr. Sharmila Raut, Dr. Sonal Chavan, Dr. Shweta, Dr. Ravindra Khadse, Dr. Rajni P. Tore

Abstract :

Aim and objective: To study the Mycological profile of corneal ulcer in patients attending tertiary care hospital, from January 2019 to September 2019 ,IGGMC ,Nagpur Methods: Corneal scrapings collected under slit–lamp examination with aseptic precautions were subjected to KOH mount, Gram stain, inoculated on Sabouraud dextrose agar and sent to Microbiology lab for further processing . Results: Out of total of 56 patients with keratitis, 22 were positive for fungal growth. These included 43 (76.79%) men and 13(23.2%) women. Overall, 69.6% were rural inhabitants and 30.4% were urban. Most common affected age group was 31–40yrs (30.90%) . Farmers were (50%) mostly affected occupational group. The commonest risk factor was trauma 68.17%.The incidence of fungal keratitis in our study was 39.3%. The most common fungal isolate was Aspergillus species (36.36%) and Candida (22.72%) Conclusion: Mycotic keratitis is an avoidable disease .Early diagnosis and treatment can prevent the blindness.