Clinical experience in managing Fusarium solani keratitis

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 549-554

  Lin, Hsin Chiung ^a,b   Chu, P H ^a   Kuo, Y H ^a   Shen, S C ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Fusarium solani keratitis; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ATROPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NATAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIZATION; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL DISORDER; WOUND HEALING; CORNEA; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUSARIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 27144500751     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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