We hereby report a successfully salvaged eye due to mycotic keratitis by Cylindrocarpon lichenicola in a 60-year-old female from Kasaragod (Kerala). The patient came with a history of pain, photophobia and decreased vision of the right eye. The microbiological investigations of the corneal scraping revealed C. lichenicola. C. lichenicola is a soil saprophyte. Since the ulcer worsened paracentesis followed by therapeutic keratoplasty and adjunct therapy with natamycin drops, voriconazole drops and oral ketoconazole was given. We stress that evidence-based timely medical and surgical intervention helped in the restoration of the vision in an infected eye.


中文翻译：

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地衣柱孢菌引起的真菌性角膜炎：成功挽救眼睛



我们特此报告，一名来自 Kasaragod（喀拉拉邦）的 60 岁女性因地衣圆柱菌引起的霉菌性角膜炎成功挽救了一只眼睛。该患者有右眼疼痛、畏光和视力下降的病史。角膜刮片的微生物学研究显示出地衣衣原体。 C. lichenicola是一种土壤腐生植物。由于溃疡恶化，进行了腹腔穿刺术，随后进行了治疗性角膜移植术以及纳他霉素滴剂、伏立康唑滴剂和口服酮康唑的辅助治疗。我们强调，基于证据的及时医疗和手术干预有助于恢复受感染眼睛的视力。