Clinical and microbiological profile of patients with fungal keratitis demonstrating unusual yeast-like structures in potassium hydroxide with calcofluor white preparation of corneal scraping
Atypical structures resembling yeast-like cells detected in direct smear examination in the absence of growth in culture media should raise the suspicion of a fungal etiology and warrant further investigations to establish the diagnosis.
Authors
- Sikha Misra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5454-4826)
- Nisha Rani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4667-2534)
- Smruti Rekha Priyadarshini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7178-1412)
- Manas Ranjan Barik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0171-385X)
- Srikant Kumar Sahu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1706-5420)
- Himansu Sekhar Behera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-2836)
- Savitri Sharma
- Sujata Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7583-3229)
Institutions
- L V Prasad Eye Institute (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12348-025-00479-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.71
Funders
- Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation