Keratitis due to Cylindrocarpon lichenicola [5]

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-157

  Kaliamurthy, J ^a   Jesudasan, C A N ^a   Prasanth, D A ^a   Thomas, P A ^a  

^a JOSEPH EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; MYDRIATIC AGENT; NATAMYCIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA ULCER; CYLINDROCARPON; CYLINDROCARPON LICHENICOLA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; KERATITIS; LETTER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; SOIL MICROFLORA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646560592     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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