Atypical fungal sclerokeratitis

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-383

  Amiel, Howard ^a,c   Chohan, Atif B ^a   Snibson, Grant R ^a,b   Vajpayee, Rasik ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fungal infection; Keratitis; Scleritis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; NATAMYCIN; POSACONAZOLE; POVIDONE IODINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGAL SCLEROKERATITIS; FUNGUS; GRAFT FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; METARRHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA DISEASE; SCLERA NECROSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; METARHIZIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; SCLERITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 41149121161     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815e9298     Document Type: Article

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