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The Clinical Features and Prognostic Factors for Treatment Outcomes of Dematiaceous Fungal Keratitis over 9 Years at a Tertiary Eye Care in Northern Thailand.

ABSTRACT: Dematiaceous fungal keratitis is an important etiology of visual loss, particularly in an agricultural society. From a retrospective review of medical records from 2012 to 2020, 50 keratitis cases of cultured-positive for dematiaceous fungi were presented at a tertiary care hospital in Northern Thailand. The study aimed to identify the isolated causative dematiaceous species using the PCR technique and to explore their related clinical features, including treatment prognoses. Sequencing of the amplified D1/D2 domains and/or ITS region were applied and sequenced. Of the 50 dematiaceous fungal keratitis cases, 41 patients were males (82%). In most cases, the onset happened during the monsoon season (June to September) (48%). The majority of the patients (72%) had a history of ocular trauma from an organic foreign body. The most common species identified were Lasiodiplodia spp. (19.35%), followed by Cladosporium spp. and Curvularia spp. (12.90% each). About half of the patients (52%) were in the medical failure group where surgical intervention was required. In summary, ocular trauma from an organic foreign body was the major risk factor of dematiaceous fungal keratitis in Northern Thailand. The brown pigmentation could be observed in only 26%. Significant prognostic factors for medical failure were visual acuity at presentation, area of infiltrate, depth of the lesions, and hypopyon.

SUBMITTER: Tangmonkongvoragul C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8303605 | biostudies-literature |

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