Keratitis resulting from Thielavia subthermophila Mouchacca

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1067-1069

  Theoulakis, Panagiotis ^a,c   Goldblum, David ^a,b   Zimmerli, Stefan ^a   Muehlethaler, Konrad ^a   Frueh, Beatrice E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c University Eye Clinic Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ITS sequencing; Keratitis; Ribosomal; Thielavia; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; PREDNISOLONE; SCOPOLAMINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMYCOSIS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; THIELAVIA SUBTHERMOPHILA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SORDARIALES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 70349730255     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31819717f4     Document Type: Article

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