Candida interface keratitis after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty: Clinical, microbiologic, histopathologic, and confocal microscopic reports

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 913-916

  Kanavi, Mozhgan Rezaei ^a,e   Foroutan, Ali Reza ^b   Kamel, Mohsen Rahmati ^c   Afsar, Nikoo ^d   Javadi, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Basir Eye Center   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Central Eye Bank of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida; Confocal scan; Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BETAMETHASONE; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; KETOCONAZOLE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NATAMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34548280514     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3180ca9a61     Document Type: Article

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