Keratitis Due to a Coelomycetous Fungus: Case Reports and Review of the Literature

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-12

  Kaliamurthy, J ^a   Kalavathy, C M ^a   Ramalingam, M D K ^a   Prasanth, D Arvind ^a   Jesudasan, C A Nelson ^a   Thomas, Philip A ^a  

^a JOSEPH EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Colletotrichum; Fungal; Keratitis; Keratoplasty; Natamycin

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; EYE DROPS; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE INFECTION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; COLLETOTRICHUM; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES;

EID: 0346157992     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200401000-00002     Document Type: Article

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