Aspergillus species in human keratomycosis

Aspergillus in the Genomic Era

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 293-328

  Manikandan, Palanisamy ^a   Dóczi, Ilona ^b   Kocsubé, Sándor ^c   Varga, János ^c,d   Németh, Tibor Mihály ^c   Antal, Zsuzsanna ^c   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^c   Bhaskar, Madhavan ^e   Kredics, László ^c  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility; Biodiversity; Cornea; Corneal ulcer; Epidemiology; Keratitis; Keratomycosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649619671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-635-9     Document Type: Chapter

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