First case of fungal keratitis due to Aspergillus minisclerotigenes in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Herein, we report the first case of fungal keratitis due to Aspergillus minisclerotigenes in a 68-year-old rural woman admitted to the Ophthalmology Center of Khatam-Al-Anbia Hospital in Mashhad, northeast of Iran.

Case report

The patient presented with severe pain, burning, foreign body sensation, and reduced vision in her right eye. She had long-term uncontrolled diabetes and was not able to close her eye due to an anatomical problem with the eyelid. The cornea smear sample was cultured, and the fungus was initially identified as Aspergillus flavus. The isolated strain was further identified by sequencing a part of the calmodulin gene as A. minisclerotigenes. The patient did not respond to any antifungal trea

SUBMITTER: Karimizadeh Esfahani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626709 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature