Donor-to-host transmission of candida glabrata to both recipients of corneal transplants from the same donor

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-230

  Tappeiner, Christoph ^a,c   Goldblum, David ^a,b   Zimmerli, Stefan ^a   Fux, Christoph ^a   Frueh, Beatrice E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Donor to host transmission; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR SELECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYEBANK; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORGAN DONOR; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 67650626417     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318183a3e3     Document Type: Article

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