Fungal scleral keratitis and endophthalmitis following pterygium excision

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-480

  Peponis, Vasileios ^a,b   Rosenberg, Pinchas ^b   Chalkiadakis, Spyridon E ^a   Insler, Michael ^b   Amariotakis, Apostolos ^a  

^a Ophthalmiatreio Athens Eye Hospital   (Greece)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enucleation; Fusarium; Mitomycin; Pterygium; Sclerokeratitis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; MITOMYCIN C; MOXIFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORNEAL BIOPSY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; ERYTHEMA; EXCISION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; MYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SCLERA DISEASE; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG COMBINATION; FUSARIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PTERYGIUM; SCLERAL DISEASES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 66149100896     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210901900326     Document Type: Article

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