A Case of Penicillium Keratitis.

Hahn, Young Ho; Byun, Kyung Soo; Chang, Myung Woong

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(3):373-377.
Published online March 1, 1995.

A Case of Penicillium Keratitis.

Young Ho Hahn, Kyung Soo Byun, Myung Woong Chang

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Korea.
²Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Korea.

Penicillium 각막염 치료경험 1 예

한영호(Young Ho Hahn),변경수(Kyung Soo Byun),장명웅(Myung Woong Chang)

Abstract

Although the incidence of the Penicillium keratitis increases, there is no available reports from the literature. Dense, gray-whitish infiltration combined with ulceration was observed at the central cornea of 62-y-o-man. Hypopyon was observed also. Colonies on Sabouraud's agar showed light violet pigmentation. On the light microscopic examination of the recipicent cornea after penetrating keratoplasty, proliferation of the fungal hyphae in the deep corneal stroma was observed, but collagen fibers of the superficial stroma were re-formed over the necrotic stromal tissue. Electron microscopy showed a hiypha with triple cell wall.

Key Words: Dense gray-whitish infiltration;Penicillium keratitis;Triple cell wall