Fungal endophthalmitis complicating subconjunctival injection of triamcinolone acetonide in anterior scleritis

Annals of Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-256

  Singh, Ramandeep ^a   Gupta, Vishali ^a   Chakarborty, Arunaloke ^a   Nijhawan, Raje ^a   Arora, Sunil ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; ITRACONAZOLE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLETOTRICHUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; PARACENTESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COLLETOTRICHUM; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SCLERITIS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 34247112368     PISSN: 15304086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12009-006-0015-0     Document Type: Article

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