Table 3 Fungal pathogens isolated from corneal scrapes obtained from 1220 eyes with infective keratitis treated at a tertiary eye care referral centre in south India.
| Sl no | Name of the fungal isolates | Pure isolates | Mixed with other fungal spp | Mixed with bacterial spp | Mixed with Acanthamoeba spp | Total number of fungal isolates (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyaline fungi | 840 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 891 (72.68) |
| Fusarium spp | 483 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 511 (41.68) | |
| Aspergillus spp | 292 | 4 | 9 | 305 (24.88) | ||
| Mucor spp | 6 | 6 (0.49) | ||||
| Rhizopus spp | 4 | 4 (0.33) | ||||
| Penicillium spp | 4 | 4 (0.33) | ||||
| Unidentified hyaline fungal species | 51 | 2 | 8 | 61 (4.97) | ||
| 2 | Dematiaceous fungi | 292 | 3 | 40 | 335 (27.32) | |
| Cladosporium spp | 73 | 1 | 7 | 81 (6.61) | ||
| Botryodiploidia spp | 53 | 4 | 57 (4.65) | |||
| Curvularia spp | 43 | 9 | 52 (4.24) | |||
| Biopolaris spp | 26 | 3 | 29 (2.36) | |||
| Exserohilum spp | 21 | 3 | 24 (1.96) | |||
| Alternaria spp | 11 | 2 | 13 (1.06) | |||
| Unidentified dematiacious fungal species | 65 | 2 | 12 | 79 (6.44) | ||
| Total number of isolates (%) | 1132 (92.33) | 12 (0.98) | 81 (6.61) | 1 (0.08) | 1226 (100) |