Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Aim: To analyze the clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with keratomycosis and evaluate their outcomes. Material and Method: 100 Patients who were having corneal ulcer and were suspected of fungal keratitis attending Ophthalmology OPD and those admitted in ophthalmology ward during the study period were included in this study. Results: In this study a total of 100 patients suspected of having fungal keratitis were studied. Out of this 36 cases were found to have fungal etiology depending upon direct microscopy and culture positivity, showing 36% incidence of keratomycosis in this study. The p-value is 0.14. The result is not significant at p <0 .05. Considering the sex distribution 25(69.44%) males and 11 (30.56%) female patients showed positive culture showing higher prevalence among males. The urban and rural distribution of culture positive cases showed higher prevalence in rural population accounting for 75% cases. Distribution according to occupation in this study showed that maximum cases were farmer by occupation contributing about 52.78% followed by labourer 25%. Conclusion: Keratomycosis, an important cause of ocular morbidity was found mostly in patients residing in rural area and those who were involved in agricultural and outdoor activity. It was seen commonly in the middle age group with male preponderance. Male of this age group are often the sole earners of the family and so ocular morbidity due to this can cause grave economic consequences for them.