ABSTRACT Fungal keratitis is a potentially sight-threatening corneal infection, often diagnosed late due to clinical overlap with other infectious etiologies. In vivo confocal microscopy has proven to be an effective method to detect fungal structures, even in the absence of microbiological confirmation. The objective was to report a case of fungal keratitis initially treated as bacterial, in which confocal microscopy was decisive for the etiological diagnosis and therapeutic reorientation. A 30-year-old female patient, regular contact lens wearer, presented with blurred […]
