Fungal keratitis: Changing pathogens and risk factors

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 638-643

  Jurkunas, Ula ^a,b,c   Behlau, Irmgard ^a,b,c,d   Colby, Kathryn ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida; Contact lens wear; Corneal transplantation; Filamentous fungi; Fungal keratitis; Fusarium; Keratoprosthesis; Therapeutic keratoplasty; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GULLIERMONDII; CANDIDA PARASILOPSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PHOTOPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICILLIUM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNARIA; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BOSTON; CANDIDIASIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATAMYCIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650599174     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318191695b     Document Type: Article

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