Case of Keratitis Caused by An Uncommon Fusarium Species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5823-5826

  Guarro, Josep ^a   Rubio, Carmen ^b   Gené, Josepa ^a   Cano, Josep ^a   Gil, Joaquina ^b   Benito, Rafael ^b   Moranderia, M José ^b   Miguez, Enrique ^b  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM POLYPHIALIDICUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM POLYPHIALIDICUM;

EID: 0346218264     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5823-5826.2003     Document Type: Article

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