Non Traumatic Keratitis Due to Colletotrichum Coccodes : A Case Report
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Non-traumatic keratitis due to Colletotrichum truncatum
INTRODUCTION The fungal genus Colletotrichum is an uncommon cause of human infections. It has been implicated in cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, artritis and keratitis secondary to traumatic implantation. CASE PRESENTATION We report two cases of keratitis due Colletotrichum truncatum in middle-aged, immunocompetent persons without history of trauma. The aetiological agents were identified based ...
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عنوان ژورنال: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2249-782X
DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2015/10843.5529