Clinical profile and treatment outcomes of Fusarium keratitis
Indian J Ophthalmol
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2022 Mar; 70(3): 852-859
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
To determine the seasonality, clinical profile, and treatment outcome of Fusarium keratitis.Methods:
A retrospective medical chart review of 97 patients with culture?proven Fusarium keratitis at a tertiary eye care institution from January 2018 to December 2019.Results:
The median (SD) age at enrollment was 44.6 (16) years; 75 (79.8%) of them were male. Presence of infiltrate less than 4 mm2 at baseline indicated 4.4 times the odds of achieving final BCVA more than 20/60 (95% CI 1.4–13.3; P = 0.008). The absence of surgical management indicated 8.1 times the odds of achieving final BCVA of more than 20/60 (95% CI 0.9–71.5; P = 0.06). The visual acuity at presentation, duration between symptoms and presentation, history of ocular trauma, previous use of topical medications, and presence of hypopyon were not identified as significant predictors of final BCVA in the multivariable regression analysis.Conclusion:
Smaller infiltrate size and absence of surgical management are the significant predictors of good visual outcome. Visual outcome of Fusarium keratitis is poor, and a significant number of patients did not respond to anti?fungal therapy and had to undergo surgeries. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest case series on Fusarium keratitis to date
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Indian J Ophthalmol
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2022
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