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K. NITYANANDA, MBBS (Ceylon), DB (Manchester); P. SIVASUBRAMANIAM, FRCS, DOMS, LMS (Ceylon); LIBERO AJELLO, PhD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1964;71(4):456-458.

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One of the most unusual characteristics of mycotic keratitis is its highly varied etiology. Fungi from more than ten genera have been detected and isolated from eye infections.¹ The rarity of keratitis and other mycoses caused by members of the genus Curvularia has prompted this report.

Summary of Case

History.

—A 38-year-old female attended the Ophthalmology Clinic at the Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital, Colombo, Ceylon, on Feb 21, 1963. She complained of a painful, red, right eye of two weeks' duration. About three weeks previously she had sustained an injury to that eye from some paddy.

Examination.

—She presented a swollen right eyelid behind which was a much reddened eye due to ciliary injection. The visual acuity was R 6/60; L 6/24. The right cornea showed a discoid pellicle to which was attached a hemispherical, brown to brownish-orange growth. This was situated opposite the temporal edge of the right . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Colombo, Ceylon; Atlanta

From the Medical Research Institute (Dr. Nityananda) and Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital (Dr. Sivasubramaniam), Colombo; Communicable Disease Center, United States Public Health Service, Atlanta (Dr. Ajello).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug 20, 1962.

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