Successful treatment of Paecilomyces lilacinus endophthalmitis after foreign body trauma to the cornea

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 109-111

  Domniz, Y ^a   Lawless, M ^a   Sutton, G L ^a   Rogers, C M ^a   Meagher, L J ^a  

^a Eye Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Endophthalmitis; Fluconazole; Natamycin; Pecilomyces Lilacinus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CEFALOTIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTAMINATION; CORNEA INJURY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MYCOSES; PAECILOMYCES; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035158388     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200101000-00021     Document Type: Article

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