Article: Treatment of mycotic sloughing corneal ulcer by actual cautery-a review of 110 cases.(Original Article)

Byline: U. Srivastava, A. Jain, V. Singh

Indiscriminate topical use of antibiotics espicially tetracycline and steriods has effec-ted the normal symbiosis between the bacteria and fungi. The suppression of bacterial growth encourages proliferation of the fungi.[1],[2]

In selecting our cases for this study follo-wing clinical criteria were used to diagnose mycotic sloughing corneal ulcer.

The eye was comparatively quiet, looking to the extent of ulcer and hypopyon. There were few symptoms. The corneal lesion was dry, granular and slightly raised. There was often a yellow line of demarcation limiting the lesion. Some times small well defined ...