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Bipolaris hawaiiensis Keratomycosis and Endophthalmitis

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Following trauma with rice stalk to the left eye, corneal ulcer with abscess and hypopyon developed in an immunocompetent male. Direct examination of the corneal scrapings revealed septate, branched fungal hyphae. Bipolaris hawaiiensis was isolated after culture on blood agar and Sabouraud dextrose agar. Because of delay in diagnosis and appropriate treatment, the patient developed endophthalmitis needing evisceration.

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Acknowledgement

We are thankful to Dr. Arunaloke Chakrabarti, MD, DNB, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, for confirming the identification of the isolate as B. hawaiiensis.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, SKIMS, C/O Post Office Lane, H.No-24, Hyderpora, Srinagar, Kashmir, 190014, India

    Gulnaz Bashir & Wazahat Hussain

  2. Mobile Surgical Eye Unit, J&K Health Services, Srinagar, India

    Azra Rizvi

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Bashir, G., Hussain, W. & Rizvi, A. Bipolaris hawaiiensis Keratomycosis and Endophthalmitis. Mycopathologia 167, 51–53 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-008-9144-x

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