%0 Case Reports
%T [Confocal microscopy for the diagnostics of fungal keratitis].
%A Daas L
%A Viestenz A
%A Bischoff M
%A Hasenfus A
%A Seitz B
%J Ophthalmologe
%V 113
%N 9
%D Sep 2016
%M 26832732
%F 1.174
%R 10.1007/s00347-015-0206-4
%X Fungal keratitis is a rare but very serious eye disease in industrial nations with a frequency of 1-5 % of all forms of keratitis from microbial causes. We present two patients with keratitis of primary unknown cause. Using confocal microscopy fungal filaments could be identified that partially showed a parallel configuration (like "railway tracks"). Thus, the correct diagnosis can often be made and suitable therapy can be non-invasively initiated even before the results of in vitro cultivation (fungal culture), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and histological investigations are available.