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Ulocladium atrum keratitis.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of Ulocladium atrum keratitis in a 43-year-old man. No predisposing event was known. He received natamycin and fluconazole drops and the infection resolved. The isolate was identified by morphological and rRNA gene sequence analyses. U. atrum is a dematiaceous hyphomycete not hitherto reported to infect humans.

SUBMITTER: Badenoch PR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1393132 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ulocladium atrum keratitis.

Badenoch P R PR Halliday C L CL Ellis D H DH Billing K J KJ Mills R A D RA

Journal of clinical microbiology 20060301 3

We report a case of Ulocladium atrum keratitis in a 43-year-old man. No predisposing event was known. He received natamycin and fluconazole drops and the infection resolved. The isolate was identified by morphological and rRNA gene sequence analyses. U. atrum is a dematiaceous hyphomycete not hitherto reported to infect humans. ...[more]

PMID: 16517929

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