Keratitis caused by an unusual fungus, Phoma species

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-168

  Rishi, Kirtee ^a   Font, Ramon L ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal keratitis; Phoma; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASCOMYCETES; CORNEA; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DNA, FUNGAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037361739     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200303000-00018     Document Type: Article

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