Evaluation of agent and host factors in progression of mycotic keratitis: A histologic and microbiologic study of 167 corneal buttons

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1538-1546

  Vemuganti, Geeta Kashyap ^a   Garg, Prashant ^a   Gopinathan, Usha ^a   Naduvilath, Thomas J ^a   John, Rajesh K ^b   Buddi, Rajeev ^b   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Public Health Ophthalmology Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORNEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036342955     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01088-6     Document Type: Article

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