Post-traumatic fungal endophthalmitis - A prospective study

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-17

  Gupta, A ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a   Kaliaperumal, S ^a   Saha, I ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVISCERATION; EYE INJURY; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 38349159984     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702463     Document Type: Article

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