Aravind's atlas of fungal corneal ulcers

Contenido: Introduction

2. Clinical Presentation of Fungal Keratitis

3. Specimen Collection

4. Staining Procedure for Rapid Identification of Fungi

• Light Microscopy

• KOH

• Gram

• Grocott-Gomori Methenamine Silver (GMS) Stain

• Fluorescent Microscopy

• Calcofluor White Staining

• KOH—Calcofluor White Procedure

5. Recommendations for Isolation of Fungi from Ocular Specimens

• Recommended Media

• Routine Processing of Ocular Specimens

6. Incubation and Processing of Cultures in the Laboratory

• Incubation Requirements

• Processing of Cultures

7. Identification of Common Ocular Fungal Isolates

• Colony Characteristics

• Lactophenol Cotton Blue Mounting Media

• Direct Examination of a Portion of the Colony

• Adhesive Tape Technique

• Slide Culture Technique

• Simplified Slide Culture Technique

8. Macroscopic and Microscopic Characteristics of Ocular Fungal Isolates

• Acremonium

• Alternaria

• Aspergillus species

• Aspergillus flavus

• Aspergillus fumigatus

• Aspergillus niger

• Aspergillus terreus

• Aspergillus nidulans

• Aspergillus tamarii

• Bipolaris

• Candida

• Cephaliophora irregularis

• Cladosporium

• Colletotrichum

• Curvularia

• Exserohilum

• Fusarium

• Lasiodiplodia theobromae

• Neocosmospora vasinfecta

• Paecilomyces

• Penicillium

• Phialophora

• Rhizopus

• Scedosporium apiospermum

9. Molecular-based Diagnostics for Ocular Fungal Infections

10. Treatment of Fungal Keratitis

• Preparation of Amphotericin B