Infectious keratitis caused by Aspergillus tubingensis

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 951-954

  Kredics, László ^a   Varga, János ^a,b   Kocsubé, Sándor ^a   Rajaraman, Revathi ^c   Raghavan, Anita ^c   Dóczi, Ilona ^d   Bhaskar, Madhavan ^e   Németh, Tibor Mihály ^a   Antal, Zsuzsanna ^a   Venkatapathy, Narendran ^c   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a   Samson, Robert A ^b   Chockaiya, Manoharan ^f   Palanisamy, Manikandan ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e Department of Microbiology   (India)

^f A V V M SRI PUSHPAM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus tubingensis; Corneal ulcer; Fungal keratitis; Keratomycosis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ATROPINE; AUROCLOT; AUROZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; CASPOFUNGIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ECONAZOLE; EYE DROPS; HOMIDE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMET; NATAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; BROTH DILUTION; CASE REPORT; CORNEA NECROSIS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPSILOMETER TEST; EYE PAIN; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECONAZOLE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KETOCONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATAMYCIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS;

EID: 69749100146     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181967098     Document Type: Article

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