Clinical and microbiological profile of patients with fungal keratitis demonstrating unusual yeast-like structures in potassium hydroxide with calcofluor white preparation of corneal scraping

Clinical and microbiological profile of patients with fungal keratitis demonstrating unusual yeast-like structures in potassium hydroxide with calcofluor white preparation of corneal scraping

Abstract Background To report a case series of microbial keratitis showing atypical yeast-like structures in direct microscopy which were culture-negative but subsequently identified as yeast cells by PCR and DNA sequencing. Main text This is a retrospective, non-comparative case series of eight pat...

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Main Authors: Sikha Misra, Savitri Sharma, Manas Ranjan Barik, Nisha Rani, Sujata Das, Srikant Kumar Sahu, Smruti Rekha Priyadarshini, Himansu Sekhar Behera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-05-01
Series:Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
Subjects:
Keratitis
Yeast
Candida
Budding yeast
PCR
DNA sequencing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12348-025-00479-5
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