Use of oval voriconazole as adjunctive treatment of severe cornea fungal infection: Case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 431-434

  Freda, Roberto ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Banco de Olhos de Porto Alegre ^*  (Brazil)

^c Hospital Banco de Olhos de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents therapeutic use; Case reports publication type ; Eye infections; Fluconazole therapeutic use; Fungal drug therapy; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFAZOLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPENTOLATE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; LOTEPROL; MAXITROL; MINIDEX; NATAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL BIOPSY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ASPERGILLOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; PYRIMIDINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 33745827756     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492006000300028     Document Type: Article

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