Endophthalmitis caused by Fusarium proliferatum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5372-5375

  Ferrer, Consuelo ^a,b   Alio, Jorge ^a   Rodriguez, Alejandra ^a   Andreu, Mariano ^a   Colom, Francisca ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM;

EID: 26944493775     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5372-5375.2005     Document Type: Article

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