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KOH mount as an aid in the management of infectious keratitis at secondary eye care centre.

Varsha M RathiMonica ThakurSavitri SharmaRohit KhannaPrashant Garg
Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2017)
Initial smear examination of KOH mount by an ophthalmologist helped in diagnosis of infectious keratitis caused by fungi and its management and 95.12% of KOH positive patients healed with scarring. Reading of KOH mount by an ophthalmologist helped in initiation of specific therapy with improved clinical outcome.
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