Utility of Etest in choosing appropriate agents to treat fungal keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 607-609

  Inoue, Tomoyuki ^a   Inoue, Yoshitsugu ^a   Asari, Seishi ^b   Sunada, Atsuko ^b   Inoue, Yumiko ^a   Yamamoto, Shuji ^a   Nishida, Koji ^a   Maeda, Naoyuki ^a   Watanabe, Hitoshi ^a   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^c   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug sensitivity; Etest; Fungus; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CLADOSPORIUM; CORNEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES;

EID: 0034907342     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200108000-00010     Document Type: Article

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