Ceratites ocasionadas por fungos em indivíduos da zona rural goiana

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Objective – To identify the fungi involved in mycotic keratitis in human individuals from the rural area of Goiás. Methods – Sixty eye secretions were collected from patients with suspected mycotic keratitis from the rural area of Goiás and assisted at the ophthalmic clinics in the city of Goiânia/GO - Brazil and treated at the Clinical Analysis Laboratory of UNIP - Campus Goiânia. Samples were collected with sterilized swabs and seeded on Sabouraud dextrose agar enriched with chloramphenicol and kept in an oven at 25 °C for 14 days in the LAMSA/IPTSP/UFG. The fungal colonies developed were identified according to Sidrim and Rocha (2004). Results – In forty-seven patients (78.3%) mycotic ceratitis was detected. Among these, forty-two individuals were male (89.4%) and only five (10.6%) were female. Among men with mycotic ceratitis, Candida was identified in 42.9%, Fusarium in 35.7% and Aspergillus in 21.4% of cases. In females: Candida and Aspergillus occurred in 40.0% and Fusarium in 20.0% of the identified fungi. Conclusions – Aspergillus, Candida and Fusarium continue to be recognized as the main agents of fungal keratitis in human individuals and men from rural areas of the State of Goiás remain more susceptible to the involvement of these mycoses in the eyes due to activities in the field being carried by these individuals.