Fusarium keratitis and contact lens wear: Facts and speculations

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 397-410

  Ahearn, Donald G ^a   Zhang, Shangtong ^a   Stulting, R Doyle ^b   Schwam, Brian ^c   Simmons, Robert ^a   Ward, Michael ^b   Pierce, George ^a   Crow Jr , Sidney A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Fusarium keratitis; Fusarium oxysporum; Fusarium solani; Multipurpose contact lens solution

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; POSACONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SILICONE GEL; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTACT LENS; EPIDEMIC; EYE CARE; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; KERATOMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MYCOSES;

FUSARIA; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

EID: 48249154979     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780801961352     Document Type: Review

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