Microsporidial endophthalmitis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia

Retina

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-125

  Yoken, Jonathan ^a   Forbes, Brian ^b   Maguire, Albert M ^a   Prenner, Jonathan L ^a   Carpentieri, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; EYE INFECTION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; RETINA DETACHMENT;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; RETINAL DETACHMENT;

EID: 0036484153     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200202000-00028     Document Type: Article

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