Publications

survey of mycotic and bacterial keratitis in sri lanka.	over a two-year period (1976-1977 and 1980-1981), 66 cases of bacterial and mycotic cases of keratitis were diagnosed in the eye clinic of the general hospital in kandy, sri lanka. the clinical and microbiologic aspects of these cases are described. noteworthy was the first known human case caused by paecilomyces farinosus, a geophilic species, commonly encountered as an insect parasite throughout the world. the bacterial and the other fungal etiologic agents isolated and identified were: pseudo ...	1994	7984216
fungal pathogens associated with banana fruit in sri lanka, and their treatment with essential oils.	the crown rot pathogens isolated from banana samples collected from 12 localities in sri lanka were lasiodiplodia theobromae, fusarium proliferatum and colletotrichum musae. fungal pathogens isolated were able to cause crown rot disease alone or in combination. disease severity was higher when combinations of virulent pathogens were used. cymbopogon nardus and ocimum basilicum oils displayed fungicidal activity against c. musae and f. proliferatum between 0.2-0.6% (v/v) in a poisoned food bioass ...	2004	15008351