Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis after Rugby Tournament, Singapore

Abstract

We investigated an outbreak of 47 probable and 6 confirmed cases of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis involving participants of an international rugby tournament in Singapore in April 2012.The mode of transmission was eye contact with soil. Vittaforma corneae was identified in 4 of 6 corneal scrapings and in 1 of 12 soil water samples.

Keywords

• Microsporidia
• Vittaforma corneae
• keratoconjunctivitis
• parasites
• fungi
• Singapore