{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: [Confocal microscopy for the diagnostics of fungal keratitis].
{Author}: Daas L;Viestenz A;Bischoff M;Hasenfus A;Seitz B;
{Journal}: Ophthalmologe
{Volume}: 113
{Issue}: 9
{Year}: Sep 2016
{Factor}: 1.174
{DOI}: 10.1007/s00347-015-0206-4
{Abstract}: 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.