Table 2

Risk factors, presentation, clinical features and laboratory diagnosis of keratitis
Patient No
 Trauma
 Contact lens
 Size of lesion (mm)
 Margin
 Dry texture
 Satellite
 Conj. Inj
 AC rx
 Hypopyon
 Gram stain
 Culture
 PCR
 DNA Sequencing (%)a
1
 Veg FB
 No
 8 × 6
 Feathery
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Hyphae
 Fusarium sp.
 +
 Fusarium solani (97%)
2
 Non-veg FB
 No
 8 × 8
 Feathery
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Hyphae
 Fusarium sp.
 +
 Cladosporium sp. (98%)
3
 No
 No
 3 × 4
 Feathery
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Hyphae
 Fusarium sp.
 +
 Fusarium sp. (97%)
4
 Non-veg FB
 No
 3 × 2
 Feathery
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Hyphae
 Fusarium sp.
 +
 Fusarium solani (97%)
5
 No
 No
 9 × 9
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Hyphae
 Fusarium sp.
 +
 Fusarium solani (99%)
6
 Veg FB
 No
 1 × 2
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 Hyphae
 No growth
 +
 Aspergillus flavus (96%)
7
 Non-veg FB
 No
 1 × 1
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 Hyphae
 No growth
 +
 Trichosporon asahii (95%)
8
 No
 No
 3 × 5
 Feathery
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 Hyphae
 No growth
 +
 Fusarium solani (87%)
9
 No
 No
 7 × 6
 Feathery
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Hyphae
 Fusarium sp.
 +
 Glomerella cingulata (98%)
10
 Non-veg FB
 No
 4 × 5
 Feathery
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No organism
 Fusarium sp.
 +
 Fusarium sp. (97%)
11
 Veg FB
 No
 9 × 9
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 GNB
 P. aeruginosa
 No
 ND
12
 No
 Yes
 2 × 2
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 GNB
 P. aeruginosa
 No
 ND
13
 Veg FB
 No
 6 × 5
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 GNB
 P. aeruginosa
 No
 ND
14
 No
 Yes
 4 × 3
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No organism
 P. aeruginosa
 No
 ND
15
 No
 No
 10 × 10
 Melt
 Melt
 Melt
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No organism
 No growth
 No
 ND
16
 Veg FB
 No
 2 × 3
 No
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 GPC
 S. aureus
 No
 ND
17
 No
 Yes
 5 × 4
 Feathery
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No organism
 P. aeruginosa
 No
 ND
18
 Non-veg FB
 No
 2 × 2
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 GPC
 S. pneumoniae
 No
 ND
19
 Non-veg FB
 No
 8 × 6
 Feathery
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No organism
 No growth
 No
 ND
20
 Veg FB
 No
 7 × 7
 Melt
 Melt
 Melt
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No organism
 No growth
 No
 ND
21
 No
 Yes
 3 × 3
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No organism
 P. aeruginosa
 No
 ND
22
 No
 No
 8 × 8
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 GPC
 Group A Streptococci
 No
 ND
23
 Veg FB
 No
 2 × 1
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No organism
 No growth
 No
 ND
24
 Non-veg FB
 No
 2 × 3
 Feathery
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No organism
 No growth
 No
 ND
25
 No
 No
 1 × 1
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No organism
 No growth
 No
 ND
26
 No
 No
 1 × 1
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No organism
 No growth
 No
 ND
27
 Veg FB
 No
 2 × 2
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No organism
 No growth
 No
 ND
28
 Non-veg FB
 No
 2 × 3
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No organism
 No growth
 +
 Fusarium sp. (97%)
29
 No
 Yes
 2 × 2
 No
 No
 No
 Yes
 No
 No
 No organism
 P. aeruginosa
 No
 ND
30
 Veg FB
 No
 4 × 2
 Feathery
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No organism
 Fungus NS
 No
 ND

Veg FB – Vegetative foreign body, Conj. Inj. – Conjunctival injection, AC rx – Anterior chamber reaction, GNB – Gram negative bacillus, GPC – Gram Positive cocci, NS -Non sporulating fungus and ND – Not done.

a Percentage similarity in BLAST analysis of the DNA sequence

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