Table 1 Distribution of various fungal species in patients with mycotic keratitis (n = 215)
From: Diagnosis and treatment outcome of mycotic keratitis at a tertiary eye care center in eastern india
Type of fungus | Fungal isolates | Number | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Hyaline fungi | A. flavus | 34 | 15.8 |
| Â | A. fumigatus | 14 | 6.5 |
| Â | Other Aspergillus spp. | 12 | 5.8 |
| Â | F. solani | 23 | 10.7 |
| Â | Other Fusarium spp. | 27 | 12.6 |
| Â | Acremonium spp. | 10 | 4.7 |
| Â | Colletotrichum spp. | 3 | 1.4 |
| Â | Trichosporon spp. | 2 | 0.9 |
| Â | Penicillium spp. | 2 | 0.9 |
| Â | Paecilomyces sp. | 1 | 0.5 |
| Â | Scedosporium apiospermum | 6 | 2.7 |
| Â | Aureobasidium pullulans | 1 | 0.5 |
| Â | Sepedonium sp. | 1 | 0.1 |
| Â | Phialophora verrucosa | 1 | 0.5 |
| Â | Unidentified hyaline fungus | 20 | 9.3 |
Dematiaceous fungi | Curvularia lunata | 6 | 2.7 |
| Â | Other Curvularia spp. | 2 | 0.9 |
| Â | Cladosporium spp. | 3 | 1.4 |
| Â | Lasiodiplodia theobromae | 2 | 0.9 |
| Â | Nigrospora spp. | 2 | 0.9 |
| Â | Bipolaris spicifera | 2 | 0.9 |
| Â | Exophiala spp. | 2 | 0.9 |
| Â | Alternaria alternata | 1 | 0.5 |
| Â | Cladophialophora sp. | 1 | 0.5 |
| Â | Unidentified dematiaceous fungus | 34 | 15.8 |
Yeast | Candida spp. | 2 | 0.9 |
| Â | Rhodotorula glutinis | 1 | 0.5 |