From: Specific detection of fungal pathogens by 18S rRNA gene PCR in microbial keratitis
Patient No | Trauma | Contact lens | Size of lesion (mm) | Margin | Dry texture | Satellite | Conj. Inj | AC rx | Hypopyon | Gram stain | Culture | PCR | DNA Sequencing (%)a |
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1 | Veg FB | No | 8 × 6 | Feathery | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hyphae | Fusarium sp. | + | Fusarium solani (97%) |
2 | Non-veg FB | No | 8 × 8 | Feathery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hyphae | Fusarium sp. | + | Cladosporium sp. (98%) |
3 | No | No | 3 × 4 | Feathery | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hyphae | Fusarium sp. | + | Fusarium sp. (97%) |
4 | Non-veg FB | No | 3 × 2 | Feathery | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hyphae | Fusarium sp. | + | Fusarium solani (97%) |
5 | No | No | 9 × 9 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hyphae | Fusarium sp. | + | Fusarium solani (99%) |
6 | Veg FB | No | 1 × 2 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Hyphae | No growth | + | Aspergillus flavus (96%) |
7 | Non-veg FB | No | 1 × 1 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Hyphae | No growth | + | Trichosporon asahii (95%) |
8 | No | No | 3 × 5 | Feathery | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Hyphae | No growth | + | Fusarium solani (87%) |
9 | No | No | 7 × 6 | Feathery | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hyphae | Fusarium sp. | + | Glomerella cingulata (98%) |
10 | Non-veg FB | No | 4 × 5 | Feathery | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No organism | Fusarium sp. | + | Fusarium sp. (97%) |
11 | Veg FB | No | 9 × 9 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | GNB | P. aeruginosa | No | ND |
12 | No | Yes | 2 × 2 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | GNB | P. aeruginosa | No | ND |
13 | Veg FB | No | 6 × 5 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | GNB | P. aeruginosa | No | ND |
14 | No | Yes | 4 × 3 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No organism | P. aeruginosa | No | ND |
15 | No | No | 10 × 10 | Melt | Melt | Melt | Yes | Yes | Yes | No organism | No growth | No | ND |
16 | Veg FB | No | 2 × 3 | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | GPC | S. aureus | No | ND |
17 | No | Yes | 5 × 4 | Feathery | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No organism | P. aeruginosa | No | ND |
18 | Non-veg FB | No | 2 × 2 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | GPC | S. pneumoniae | No | ND |
19 | Non-veg FB | No | 8 × 6 | Feathery | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No organism | No growth | No | ND |
20 | Veg FB | No | 7 × 7 | Melt | Melt | Melt | Yes | Yes | Yes | No organism | No growth | No | ND |
21 | No | Yes | 3 × 3 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No organism | P. aeruginosa | No | ND |
22 | No | No | 8 × 8 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | GPC | Group A Streptococci | No | ND |
23 | Veg FB | No | 2 × 1 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No organism | No growth | No | ND |
24 | Non-veg FB | No | 2 × 3 | Feathery | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No organism | No growth | No | ND |
25 | No | No | 1 × 1 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No organism | No growth | No | ND |
26 | No | No | 1 × 1 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No organism | No growth | No | ND |
27 | Veg FB | No | 2 × 2 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No organism | No growth | No | ND |
28 | Non-veg FB | No | 2 × 3 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No organism | No growth | + | Fusarium sp. (97%) |
29 | No | Yes | 2 × 2 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No organism | P. aeruginosa | No | ND |
30 | Veg FB | No | 4 × 2 | Feathery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No organism | Fungus NS | No | ND |