A case of polymicrobial keratitis violating an intact lens capsule

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1057-1061

  Banitt, Michael ^a   Berenbom, Annie ^a   Shah, Mehendra ^a,b   Buxton, Douglas ^a,b   Milman, Tatyana ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; Lens penetration; Phialophora verrucosa; Polymicrobial keratitis; Propionibacterium acnes

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENUCLEATION; EYE PAIN; EYE SYNECHIA; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; KERATITIS; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHIALOPHORA VERRUCOSA; PHOTOPHOBIA; POLYMICROBIAL KERATITIS; POLYMICROBIAL KERATITS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RECURRENT DISEASE; YEAST; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPHAE; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; PHIALOPHORA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 58149174292     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31817274e3     Document Type: Article

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