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However, human infection caused by\n                      <jats:italic>D. aspalathi<\/jats:italic>\n                      has not been previously reported.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We report a case of human keratitis caused by\n                      <jats:italic>D. aspalathi<\/jats:italic>\n                      on a 50-year-old woman. She presented to the hospital with redness, pain, decreased vision, and a focal white opacity in the left eye, which had been injured by a thorn 3.5 months earlier. Slit lamp examination revealed moderate conjunctival hyperemia, intact corneal epithelium, mild stromal edema, and thick white endothelial exudates in the inferior cornea.\n                      <jats:italic>D. aspalathi<\/jats:italic>\n                      was identified through DNA sequencing. The patient was treated with a combination of antifungal agents and therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty, resulting in scarring and vascularization of the graft.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Our report shows a rare case of corneal infection caused by\n                      <jats:italic>D. aspalathi<\/jats:italic>\n                      and highlights the importance of early suspicion of fungal keratitis in patients with a history of corneal plant trauma.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12886-025-04538-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,8]],"date-time":"2025-12-08T11:25:25Z","timestamp":1765193125000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["First report of rare fungal keratitis: Diaporthe aspalathi"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Dan","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yanan","family":"Huo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qi","family":"Dai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoyi","family":"Qin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Danyan","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huiqin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"4538_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"262","DOI":"10.1016\/j.gdata.2016.02.002","volume":"7","author":"S Li","year":"2016","unstructured":"Li S, Song Q, Martins AM, Cregan P. 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