Pigmented plaque presentation of dematiaceous fungal keratitis: A clinicopathologic correlation

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 571-576

  Garg, Prashant ^a   Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Chatarjee, Samrat ^a   Gopinathan, Usha ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dematiaceous fungal keratitis; Pigmented plaque

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA INJURY; DEMATIACEOUS FUNGAL KERATITIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTED PLAQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3342977804     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000126318.90271.3c     Document Type: Article

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