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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3382-3385, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01051-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Mycotic Keratitis Due to Aspergillus nomius{triangledown}

Palanisamy Manikandan,1,2 János Varga,3,4 Sándor Kocsubé,3 Robert A. Samson,4 Raghavan Anita,1 Rajaraman Revathi,1 Ilona Dóczi,5 Tibor Mihály Németh,3 Venkatapathy Narendran,1 Csaba Vágvölgyi,3 Chockaiya Manoharan,2 and László Kredics3*

Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore 641 014, Tamilnadu, India,1 Department of Botany and Microbiology, A. V. V. M. Sri Pushpam College, Poondi 613503, Tanjavur, India,2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary,3 CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands,4 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Somogyi Béla tér 1, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary5

Received 29 May 2009/ Returned for modification 11 June 2009/ Accepted 19 August 2009

We report the first known case of fungal keratitis caused by Aspergillus nomius. Ocular injury was known as a predisposing factor. The patient was treated with natamycin and econazole eye drops, itraconazole eye ointment, and oral ketoconazole. A therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty was performed 16 days after presentation. A sequence-based approach was used to assign the isolate to a species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary. Phone: 36 62 544516. Fax: 36 62 544823. E-mail: kredics{at}bio.u-szeged.hu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 26 August 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3382-3385, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01051-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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