Medical management of Beauveria bassiana keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 405-406

  Kisla, Timothy A ^a   Cu Unjieng, Andrew ^a   Sigler, Lynne ^b   Sugar, Joel ^a,c  

^a University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria; Fungal keratitis; Natamycin

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; CASE REPORT; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; MYCOSIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MYCOSES; NATAMYCIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034087431     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200005000-00031     Document Type: Article

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