Submission ID: 010603


Title:
Mold over the BCL hold
Category:
I haven´t seen that before
Description:
A 64 years old gentleman presented to us 2 years after undergoing left eye penetrating keratoplasty. Image A- blob of infiltrate over the Bandage contact lens (BCL). Image B - after infiltrate removal with the BCL still present. The infiltrate and BCL was plated on blood agar plate and fusarium colonies were obtained on culture, fusarium conidia were found on lactophenol cotton blue mount. (image C). To conclude, In tropic lands where microbes thrive, timely care keeps vision alive !

Mold over the BCL hold
Images A & B were captured using the Canon DSLR camera mounted over a slit lamp. Microscopical photograph was captured with an android smart phone mounted over the compound microscope.
BCL- final.jpg

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