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Acremonium keratitis in a patient with healed herpetic eye disease
Rashmeet Arora, Sarita Agrawal, Darshani Marya, Neel Shah, Santosh Kengua
Department of Ophthalmology, Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Rashmeet Arora
Department of Ophthalmology, Santosh Medical College, Gaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jcor.jcor_25_19
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We report the case of a 65-year-old male who presented with pain, diminution of vision, redness foreign-body sensation, and watering for 1 month. The patient was a known case of bronchial asthma and was on inhalational budesonide treatment for 3 years. The patient had cataract surgery 18 months back and has a history of herpetic eye disease. Corneal cultures were positive for acremonium.
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