Table 3.
Fungal organisms Isolated between January 1984 and December 2004, in order of decreasing frequency of occurrence.
| Final organisms isolated | Number of isolates (%) | E&E | Corneal perforation | Therapeutic PKPb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisms | Keratitis | Keratitis & Endophthalmitis | Total | Number of eyes | Number of eyes | Number of eyes |
| Aspergillus | 28 | 9 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| A. flavus | 20 | 4 | 24 | 6 | ||
| A. niger | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| A. fumigatus | 2 | 2 | ||||
| A. terreus | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| A. sp. | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Trichophyton | 20 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 12 | |
| T. schoenleinii | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||
| T. verrucosum | 1 | 1 | ||||
| T. sp. | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Candida | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| C. albicans | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| C. parapsilosis | 2 | 2 | ||||
| C. tropicalis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| C. sp. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Fusarium | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | |
| F. solani | 2 | 2 | ||||
| F. sp. | 10 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Alternaria sp. | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Scedosporium sp. | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Acremonium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Basidiobolus ranarum | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pseudallescheria boydii | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mucor sp. | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Paecilomyces | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Rhizopus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Phoma sp. | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Scytalidium dimidatuma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Others | 18 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
E/E: Enucleation or Evisceration.
a
Reported from KKESH in Br. J. Ophthalmol. 1993;77:388–390.
b
Five cases had more than one PKP.