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The present prospective, observational study was conducted on the corneal scrapings from clinically suspected patients of keratomycosis. Samples were processed as per the standard mycological techniques. Antifungal susceptibility testing was performed as per CLSI guidelines M38A2 and M27A3 for mycelial fungi and yeast, respectively. Out of a total of 254 patients suspected to be suffering from mycotic keratitis based on clinical presentation, 68 (26.77%) were positive for fungal aetiology. Male preponderance was observed with male-to-female ratio of 2.78:1. Patients in age group 51\u201360 years were maximally affected. The majority of the isolates of patients having fungal keratitis were that of Aspergillus sp. (31, 45.6%), followed by Fusarium sp. (12, 17.6%), Curvularia lunata (5, 7.4%), Candida sp. (4, 5.9%), Alternaria sp. (2, 2.9%), Rhodotorula sp. (1, 1.5%), and Acremonium sp. (1, 1.5%). Some rare isolates were Colletotrichum sp. 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