Keratomycosis caused by pigmented fungi

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Anuja J, Lakshey Dudeja, Manohar Babu, Ishani Dudeja

Keratomycosis is a major cause of blindness, especially in the developing world. A major proportion of these are caused by fungi, of which

pigmented fungi is a good number. Pigmented fungal corneal ulcers may present with surface pigmentation, helping in diagnosis but the

presumptive treatment is usually started after evaluation of smears made from scrapping samples. Aggressive treatment with topical anti–fungals

help accelerated healing in most of them but few still worsen and need therapeutic keratoplasty. In this study, we evaluated the cases of pigmented

Keratomycosis presenting in a tertiary care center for various factors like demographic details, risk factors, clinical characterstics, response to

treatment and prognosis.