Intracorneal injection of amphothericin B for recurrent fungal keratitis and endophthalmitis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1721-1723

  Garcia Valenzuela, Enrique ^a,b,c   Song, C Diane ^a  

^a EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

^c Midwest Retina Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KERATITIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL ULCER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; RECURRENCE; TISSUE DONORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 28944432238     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.12.1721     Document Type: Article

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