A Clinical Observation of Fungal Corneal Ulcer.

Park, Yeoung Geol; Lee, Yeon; Cho, Sung Hyun

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1980;21(4):381-385.
Published online April 1, 1980.

A Clinical Observation of Fungal Corneal Ulcer.

Yeoung Geol Park, Yeon Lee, Sung Hyun Cho

Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.

진균성 각막종양의 임상적 고찰

박영걸(Young Geol Park),이연(Yeon Lee),조성현(Sung Hyun Cho)

Abstract

The specimens taken from the corneal lesions of 298 corneal ulcer patients who vitsited our department from Jan. 1970 to Aug. 1980 were cultured on the Sabouraud glucose agar media and microscopic examination was performed with the slide preparation on wihch recultivated from the former media. The results were as follows: 1. Of the corneal ulcer patients, the cases caused by fungal infection were 77 (25.8 %) and its incidence was the highest in 1976 (17. 51.556) and the lowest in 1978 (7, 10.3%). 2. 14 species of fungus were observed: The common species, in order of frequency, were Aspergillus sp. (21, 27.2 %), Cephalosporium sp. (14, 18.2 %), Chloridium glaucum (8, 10.4%) and Candida albicans (7, 9.1%). Streptomyces sp., Monotospora sp., and Nocardia were the least ones (1 case respecively, 1.3%). 3. The sex ratio of the fungal corneal ulcer patients was 41 to 36 in male vs. female. The age distribution was from the age of 2 to 81 and the most patients were over age 40 (67, 87.0%). 4. The majority of fungal infections had onset during the warm seasons of the year: 49 cases occurred in the warm seasons (63.6%) and 28 the cold seasons (36.4%).