Authors: Sunil Kumar, Shreya Chaurasia, Sheezan Imam
Abstract
Fungal keratitis is a major cause of ocular morbidity and unilateral blindness 1worldwide. In India it contributes to 50% of culture positive cases. 2 Despite the emergence of many new drugs, a cure remains difficult in many cases. Compared to anti- bacterial, anti-fungal have lower efficacy, lower tissue penetration and indolent nature of the infection. This article aims to study effectiveness of topical 1% voriconazole as first line of treatment in 50 patients of mycotic corneal ulcer. Keywords: Fungal corneal ulcer, Voriconazole.
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