Cladosporium Keratitis Case Report

Abstract

The dematiaceous fungi appear to be an increasing cause of human disease. This was a case of a patient coming with complaints of pain, redness, photophobia and defective vision in right eye following injury with a twig. Scrapings from corneal ulcer were sent for gram stain, bacterial and fungal culture. Cladosporium species of fungus was isolated from a patient. The patient was treated with natamycin eye drops, atropine eye drops and oral ketoconazole. The corneal ulcer began to respond and healed completely. Though Cladosporium sp., rarely cause disease it also should be kept which treating patients of fungal keratitis.