Microsporum canis in human cornea

ABSTRACT

This is a case where the presence of Microsporum Canis has been discovered in human cornea, which to our knowledge, has been the first such instance in the literature. Microsporum Canis is a genus of small-spored ectothrix fungi [dermatophytes] that usually appears in animals like cats and dogs where it presents itself as ringworm. In humans it is usually found on the dermis where it causes capitis, barbae, corporis and onchomycosis