Fungal keratitis associated with vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-81

  Sridhar, M S ^a   Gopinathan, Usha ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; ATROPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; EYE DROPS; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KERATITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0037224014     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200301000-00020     Document Type: Article

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