Bipolaris hawaiiensis keratomycosis and endophthalmitis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-53

  Bashir, Gulnaz ^a   Hussain, Wazahat ^a   Rizvi, Azra ^b  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b J and K Health Services   (India)

Author keywords

Bipolaris hawaiiensis; Endophthalmitis; Keratitis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEA ULCER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE SURGERY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; INJURY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPHOBIA; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGRICULTURE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE EVISCERATION; HUMANS; HYPHAE; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PHOTOPHOBIA; VISION, LOW;

COCHLIOBOLUS HAWAIIENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 57049132013     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9144-x     Document Type: Article

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