Table 1. Patients' demographic data, results of direct examination, culture, and PCR (N=30).
| No. | Age/sex | Risk factors | Pre treated | Smear | Culture | PCR | DNA sequencing | Response to treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43 M | Non-veg FB | Yes | − | Fusarium sp. | + | Fusarium sp. | No (evisceration) |
| 2 | 42 F | Steroid drops | Yes | Pseudo hyphae | Candida albicans | + | C. albicans | No (glue) |
| 3 | 44 M | Veg FB | Yes | − | − | + | Candida parapsilosis | Yes |
| 4 | 53 M | Tree trauma | Yes | − | Unidentified dematiaceous fungus | + | Hyphodontia sp.a | Yes |
| 5 | 61 F | DM | Yes | − | − | + | Candida etchellsii | Yes |
| 6 | 62 M | Non-veg FB | Yes | − | − | + | Cryptococcus pseudolongus | No (enucleation) |
| 7 | 69 M | Non-veg FB | No | Filamentous fungus | Unidentified dematiaceous fungus | + | Botryosphaeria sp.a | Yes |
| 8 | 38 M | Steroid drops | No | − | Fusarium sp. | + | Fusarium solani | Yes |
| 9 | 52 M | Undetermined | Yes | − | − | + | Fusarium proliferatum | Yes |
| 10 | 80 F | DM | Yes | − | − | + | Erysiphe guercicola | No (enucleation) |
| 11 | 48 M | Trauma | Yes | − | − | + | Cladosporium colocasiaea | No (glue) |
| 12 | 40 M | Veg FB | Yes | − | − | + | Exidiopsis calcea | No |
| 13 | 58 F | Tree trauma | Yes | − | − | + | Cladosporium oxysporuma | Yes |
| 14 | 79 M | Tree trauma | Yes | − | − | + | Curvularia affinisa | No (sclera patch) |
| 15 | 47 F | Non-veg FB | Yes | − | − | + | Cladosporium sp.a | No (enucleation) |
| 16 | 64 M | Veg FB | Yes | − | − | + | C. parapsilosis | No (enucleation) |
| 17 | 77 M | Undetermined | No | − | − | + | Phanerochaete sordida | No (glue) |
| 18 | 57 F | Non-veg FB | Yes | Hyaline septate hyphae | Aspergillus fumigatus | + | A. fumigatus | Yes |
| 19 | 45 F | Veg FB | Yes | − | Unidentified dematiaceous fungus | + | Cladosporium sp.a | No (evisceration) |
| 20 | 59 F | Veg FB | Yes | − | Fusarium sp. | + | Alternaria alternata | No (evisceration) |
| 21 | 52 F | Veg FB | Yes | − | − | + | Fusarium sp. | No (evisceration) |
| 22 | 71 M | Non-veg FB | Yes (GP) | − | Unidentified dematiaceous fungus | + | Botryosphaeria rhodinaa | Yes |
| 23 | 49 M | Veg FB | Yes (GP) | − | − | + | Botryosphaeria rhodinaa | Yes |
| 24 | 38 F | Chemical vapour | Yes | − | − | + | F. solani | Yes |
| 25 | 33 M | Veg FB | Yes | − | Fusarium sp. | + | F. solani | Yes |
| 26 | 56 M | Tree trauma | Yes | − | − | − | − | Yes |
| 27 | 48 M | Non-veg FB | Yes | Hyaline septate hyphae | − | + | Acremonium sp. | Yes |
| 28 | 39 F | Splashed water | Yes | − | − | − | − | Yes |
| 29 | 55 M | Splashed water | Yes | Hyaline septate hyphae | Fusarium sp. | + | Fusarium oxysporum | Yes |
| 30 | 53 M | Undetermined | Yes | Septate hyphae | Curvularia sp. | + | Curvularia sp.a | Yes |
Abbreviations: DM, diabetes mellitus; FB, foreign body; GP, general practitioner; veg, vegetative matters.
a
These fungi are dematiaceous fungi.