Abstract
A 61-year-old male presented with a corneal ulcer in the right eye and gave a history of trauma with cow-tail 5 days back. The best corrected visual acuity was finger counting at 1 meter, less than n -36 in the right eye. Potassium hydroxide mount revealed broad aseptate filaments. On suspicion of Pythium keratitis, hourly linezolid eyedrop was started but no improvement was seen. The culture grew Lasiodiplodia theobromae, and the ulcer started healing within 2 weeks of starting natamycin 5% eyedrop. This case report highlights the similarities of filaments of Lasiodiplodia and Pythium species on microscopic examination of corneal scraping.
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