Exogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis: Microbiology and Clinical Outcomes

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Wykoff, Charles C ^a   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^a   Miller, Darlene ^a   Scott, Ingrid U ^b   Alfonso, Eduardo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACREMONIUM; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ENDOPHTHALMITIS; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENUCLEATION; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOULD; PAECILOMYCES; PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; YEAST;

EID: 50249149681     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.02.027     Document Type: Article

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