Successful medical treatment of a case of paecilomyces lilacinus keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1077-1079

  Ford, Jerry G ^a,c   Agee, Shawn ^a   Greenhaw, Steven T ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Eye Associates at Tallahassee ^*

^c Eye Associates at Tallahassee   (United States)

Author keywords

Keratitis; Paecilomyces lilacinus; Terbinafine; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; ITRACONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; TERBINAFINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA EDEMA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; KERATOMYCOSIS; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; DRUG COMBINATION; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAECILOMYCES; PHYSIOLOGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NAPHTHALENES; PAECILOMYCES; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 58149147535     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181783a07     Document Type: Article

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