Involvement of Fusarium spp. in fungal keratitis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 773-776

  Doczi I ^a   Gyetvai, T ^a   Kredics, L ^b   Nagy, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fusarium; Keratitis; Keratomycosis; Risk factors; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE; TOBRAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CASE REPORT; CORNEAL BIOPSY; EDITORIAL; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

FUSARIUM;

EID: 4644228017     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00909.x     Document Type: Editorial

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