Treatment Failure after Lamellar Keratoplasty for Fungal Keratitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-36

  Xie, Lixin ^a   Hu, Jianzhang ^a   Shi, Weiyun ^a  

^a SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ATROPINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NATAMYCIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPYON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 37349045977     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.03.072     Document Type: Article

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