Table 3.
Identification of fungi isolated from corneal tissue of patients with suppurative keratitis
| India | Ghana | |||
| Fungi | No | % | No | % |
| Fusarium spp | 141 | 39.9 | 46 | 42.2 |
| Aspergillus spp | 76 | 21.5 | 19 | 17.4 |
| A flavus | 59 | (16.7) | 9 | (8.3) |
| A fumigatus | 15 | (4.2) | 7 | (6.4) |
| A niger | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.9) |
| A nidulans | – | – | 1 | (0.9) |
| Aspergillus spp | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.9) |
| Cuvularia spp | 34 | 9.6 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Lasiodiplodia theobromae | 1 | 0.3 | 6 | 5.5 |
| Paecilomyces spp | – | – | 1 | 0.9 |
| Penicillium spp | 2 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Scedosporium apiospermum | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Cephaliophora irregularis | 1 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Cladosporium cladosporoides | – | – | 1 | 0.9 |
| Cylindrocarpon spp | 1 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Exserohilum rostratum | 1 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Bipolaris spp | 2 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Candida spp | – | – | 1 | 0.9 |
| Unidentified | 35 | 9.9 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Suspected, but culture negative | 57 | 16.1 | 27 | 24.8 |
| Totals | 353 | 100 | 109 | 100 |