A Rare Case of Exophiala Dermatitidis Graft Infection

We report Exophiala dermatitidis graft infection in a 49-year-old female patient post penetrating keratoplasty. Microscopically, the slide culture showed abundant single-celled, oval, light-brown yeast-like cells that were arranged in chains. Also, a few septate hyphae with annelids bearing ellipsoidal conidia along with terminal and intercalary phialides were seen. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such reported case in India. The infection was recalcitrant, and ultimately, visual recovery was not successful.