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Rare case of fungal keratitis caused by Corynespora cassiicola

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We describe a 76-year-old male farmer with no diabetes mellitus and no history of ocular trauma from soil or plants who developed a corneal infection from a plant pathogen. The organism was identified as Corynespora cassiicola based on both the morphological characteristics and the sequence of the internal transcribed spacer region of the ribosomal RNA gene. The patient was treated successfully with a combination of topical and systemic voriconazole. This is the first reported case of keratomycosis caused by C. cassiicola.

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The authors have no proprietary or financial interest in any products used in this study. The patient provided a signed written informed consent to undergo the treatment.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan

    Hiroki Yamada, Nobumichi Takahashi & Nobuhide Hori

  2. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan

    Yuko Asano

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, 501-1194, Japan

    Kiyofumi Mochizuki

  4. Department of Microbiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

    Kiyofumi Ohkusu

  5. Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

    Kazuko Nishimura

  6. First Laboratories, Co. Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan

    Kazuko Nishimura

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Yamada, H., Takahashi, N., Hori, N. et al. Rare case of fungal keratitis caused by Corynespora cassiicola . J Infect Chemother 19, 1167–1169 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-013-0579-8

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