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Grand Rounds Case #59 - Red Painful Eye x 2weeks

Day 1                                     1 week

Case History:
This is a hypothetical case. A 55 year old male presents from the ED after a 2 week scratch from a tree branch Painful and HM at 3 feet vision, OS. 

A corneal scraping of the ulcer revealed a fusarium fungal infection and the patient was started on Natamycin 200mg q2hours; Ciloxan, q 1 hour; Cyclopentolate, 1%, TID, Fluconazole, 300mg, daily.

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  1. What is the minimum amount of testing to come to a diagnosis?

 

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