Research Article
Fungal Keratitis: Epidemiology, Rapid Detection, and Antifungal Susceptibilities of Fusarium and Aspergillus Isolates from Corneal Scrapings
Table 1
Microbial etiologies of corneal ulcer isolates during the study period.
| | Fungi | Incidence | Percentage (n = 411) |
| | Fusarium spp. | 216 | 52.5 | | A. flavus | 48 | 11.6 | | A. fumigatus | 11 | 2.6 | | A. terreus | 5 | 1.2 | | A. niger | 3 | 0.7 | | A. tamarii | 1 | 0.2 | | Bipolaris spp. | 22 | 5.3 | | Curvularia spp. | 12 | 2.9 | | Exserohilum spp. | 11 | 2.6 | | Cladosporium spp. | 4 | 0.9 | | Aureobasidium spp. | 3 | 0.7 | | Exophiala spp. | 2 | 0.4 | | Lasiodiplodia spp. | 1 | 0.2 | | Pseudallescheria sp. | 1 | 0.2 | | C. albicans | 1 | 0.2 | | Alternaria sp. | 1 | 0.2 | | Scedosporium spp. | 1 | 0.2 | | S. apiospermum | 1 | 0.2 | | Unidentified dematiaceous fungi (UID) | 21 | 5.1 | | Unidentified hyaline fungi(UIH) | 37 | 9 |
| | Bacteria | | |
| | S. aureus | 1 | 0.2 | | Pseudomonas spp. | 1 | 0.2 | | Nocardia spp. | 1 | 0.2 | | CoNS | 1 | 0.2 | | S. viridans | 1 | 0.2 | | Citrobacter spp. | 1 | 0.2 |
| | Mixed infection | | |
| | CoNS + Fusarium spp. | 1 | 0.2 | | S. pneumoniae + Bipolaris spp. | 1 | 0.2 | | Citrobacter spp. + Bipolaris spp. | 1 | 0.2 | | Total | 411 | 100 |
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CoNS: coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp.
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