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What is your medical diagnosis "6" ?









What is your medical diagnosis for this case ?


A farmer had a vegetable trauma to his eye. Two weeks later he developed redness, defective vision and feathery edged corneal infiltration. He received broad-spectrum antibiotic drops and ointments for two weeks but he deteriorated more. The most appropriate next step is


a- Culture and sensitivity for specific antibiotic

b- Culture for virus


c- Culture for fungus


d- Culture for acanthameba




Answer : c- Culture for fungus





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