- A Comprehensive overview of all the aspects of fungal keratitis including the clinical presentation, diagnosis and laboratory techniques. - Fungal corneal ulcers are an important cause of ocular morbidity throughout the world. The recent epidemic in the western world has ensured that it is now recognized universally to be a public health problem. - The importance of microbiological techniques to confirm the diagnosis and thereby to plan for an appropriate therapy cannot be underestimated.