Early Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty for Fungal Keratitis

Abstract

Background: To present two cases who developed fungal keratitis after an organic trauma and who were treated with therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in the early period. Case presentations: A 14 years old female and a 63 years old male patients came with the complaints of pain after organic trauma. Fungal keratitis was diagnosed in both two cases. TPKP was performed on the 5th day of the topical antifungal treatment (Case 1), on the 5th day of the topical antifungal treatment (Case 2) and 7th day of the trauma (both two cases). Graft transparency was protected in the post-operative period; no recurrence or fungal reactivation was detected in two patients. Conclusion: The study has proven that TPKP performed in the early period of fungal keratitis enables rapid infection eradication and rapid visual success.