ABSTRACT
Paecilomyces lilacinus is a filamentous fungus found in soil and air, which is a rare cause of ocular infection. The majority of case reports involving P. lilacinus among healthy hosts are of endophthalmitis and keratitis. We report a rare case of keratomycosis by P. lilacinus, in an immunocompetent, which responded well to treatment with ketoconazole. Some species belonging to the genus Paecilomyces such as P. lilacinus generally shows a poor response to conventional antifungal drugs. Therefore, correct identification of clinical isolates to the species level is mandatory for the appropriate treatment of the disease.
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Keratitis/diagnosis , Keratitis/pathology , Paecilomyces/isolation & purification , Antifungal Agents/administration & dosage , Humans , India , Keratitis/drug therapy , Keratitis/microbiology , Ketoconazole/administration & dosage , Male , Middle Aged , Treatment OutcomeSubject(s)
Cysts/diagnosis , Hematoma/diagnosis , Sarcoma, Synovial/diagnosis , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/diagnosis , Biopsy , Chemotherapy, Adjuvant , Chronic Disease , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local , Radiotherapy, Adjuvant , Reoperation , Sarcoma, Synovial/therapy , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/therapy , Thigh , Young AdultABSTRACT
Sperm morphometry, in combination with other objective traits, can be useful for developing a fertility index. The objective of the present study was to measure various biometric end points of frozen-thawed sperm from eight breeds of Indian buffaloes (Murrah, Surti, Tarai, Mehsana, Jaffrabadi, Bhadawari, Pandharpuri and Nili-Ravi). The sperm head of Pandharpuri buffaloes had the greatest length (10.21 microm), width (6.05 microm), area (52.31 microm(2)) and perimeter (31.86 microm). The ratio of sperm width to length was also greatest (0.61) in Pandharpuri as well as in two other breeds, viz. Nili-Ravi and Jaffrabadi. Murrah had the smallest sperm head width (4.75 microm), area (41.65 microm(2)) and perimeter (29.17 microm), but its sperm tail was longest (57.02 microm), along with that of Jaffrabadi buffaloes (56.96 microm). Based on mean values of sperm tail length, mid piece length and its width the eight buffalo breeds were categorized into three, four and five groups, respectively. Multivariate analysis and clustering put six breeds (Surti, Tarai, Mehsana, Jaffrabadi, Bhadawari and Nili-Ravi) in one cluster, whereas Murrah and Pandharpuri appeared as separate entities.
