Table I.
Clinical features and clinical examination.
| Preoperative | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case no. | Risk factor | Duration of disease, month | Diameter of lesion, mm | Confocal scan | Corneal-scraping culture | Postoperative corneal-scraping culture |
| P1 | Agricultural trauma | 2 | 9 | Fungal hyphae | Fusarium solani | Fusarium solani |
| P2 | Agricultural trauma | 1 | 10 | Fungal hyphae | – | – |
| P3 | Agricultural trauma | 1 | 10 | – | Fusarium solani | Fusarium solani |
| P4 | Iron wire hitting | 1.5 | 7 | Fungal hyphae | – | Fusarium solani |
| P5 | Unclear | 2 | 10 | Fungal hyphae | – | – |
| P6 | Chalk entering eye | 21 | 6 | – | Aspergillus fumigatus | Aspergillus fumigatus |
| P7 | Agricultural trauma | 3 | 10 | – | Aspergillus fumigatus | Aspergillus fumigatus |
| P8 | Unclear | 1 | 8 | – | Fusarium solani | Fusarium solani |
| P9 | Unclear | 2 | 8 | Fungal hyphae | – | Grasses helminthosporium |
| P10 | Agricultural trauma | 1 | 9 | Fungal hyphae | – | Aspergillus flavus |
| P11 | Unclear | 1 | 8 | Fungal hyphae | – | Mucor |
| P12 | Unclear | 1 | 6 | – | Penicillium | Penicillium |
| P13 | Agricultural trauma | 2 | 6 | Fungal hyphae | Fusarium solani | Fusarium solani |
| P14 | Pepper sauce entering eye | 0.5 | 5 | – | Curvularia | Curvularia |
| P15 | Insects entering eye | 1 | 5 | – | Fusarium solani | Fusarium solani |
| P16 | Agricultural trauma | 1 | 6 | Fungal hyphae | – | Aspergillus flavus |
| P17 | Unclear | 1 | 8 | Fungal hyphae | – | Cephalosporium |