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COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions, necessitated the modification of conventional protocols and guidelines associated with the treatment of keratomycosis. We report four cases of atypical fungal keratitis with poorly differentiated clinical characteristics. The challenges faced during their management were (1) the dilemma of clinically differentiating fungal (\n                    <jats:italic>Scedosporium and Purpureocillium lilacinum<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) and bacterial keratitis; (2) treatment of\n                    <jats:italic>Scedosporium<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Trichosporon<\/jats:italic>\n                    keratitis with natamycin monotherapy; (3) mixed infection of\n                    <jats:italic>Candida albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Aureobasidium pullulans<\/jats:italic>\n                    and continuing medications before rescraping the corneal ulcer against the recommended treatment guidelines; (4) phenotypic identification and differentiation among morphologically resembling fungi; and (5) decision making arising out of disparities between KOH and fungal culture results. Three patients responded well to conservative treatments. The fourth patient underwent therapeutic keratoplasty but was lost to follow-up due to travel\n                    <jats:bold>-<\/jats:bold>\n                    related pandemic restrictions. This case series seeks to broaden the clinician\u2019s knowledge of rare and emerging moulds as presumptive aetiologies of keratomycosis. 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