Infectious diseases of the eye have been recognized as an important cause of blindness. As a relatively uncommon cause, fungi have been isolated from a variety of ocular infections including keratitis, scleritis, canaliculitis, endophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis. Fungi are recognized as opportunistic pathogens. Ocular fungal infections (ophthalmic mycoses) are important causes of morbidity, blindness and even mortality especially in tropical countries. First edition of this book published in ...