Pichia anomala fungal keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 619-620

  Park, Kyung Ah ^a   Ahn, Kyeon ^a   Chung, Eui Sang ^a   Chung, Tae Young ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fungal keratitis; Pichia anomala

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; IMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PICHIA; PICHIA ANOMALA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG COMBINATION; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NATAMYCIN; PICHIA; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 48249101600     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318166c442     Document Type: Article

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