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The patient was treated with intensive medical treatment, including topical natamycin suspension (5%) applied every half hour OU for five days along with cycloplegics
Topical natamycin suspension (5%) was used as the first line medication as it has excellent efficacy against pigmented fungi
Prajana et al reported simultaneous bilateral fungal keratitis caused by Aspergillus flavus and Curvularia lunata in a patient with lamellar ichthyosis.[2]
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C L Gupta Eye Institute, Ram Ganga Vihar, Moradabad, India ORCID: Ajit Kumar: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4187-8576 A 45-year-old female presented with bilateral ocular pain and redness. Slit lamp examination revealed 2×2 mm epithelial defects with mid-stromal infiltrate and dark brown corneal plaques on both eyes. The Sabouraud’s dextrose agar culture of each eye grew woolly, gray to black colonies by the seventh day.
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