Scedosporium prolificans sclerokeratitis 10 years after pterygium excision with adjunctive mitomycin C

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-434

  Singh, Ravinder P ^a   McCluskey, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Keratitis; Mitomycin C; Pterygium; Scedosporium; Scleritis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ATROPINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; MITOMYCIN C; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; MITOMYCIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENUCLEATION; EYE BIOPSY; EYE PAIN; FUNGAL DETECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PTERYGIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS; SCLERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG COMBINATION; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NAPHTHALENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PTERYGIUM; PYRIMIDINES; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCLERITIS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 26944498668     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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