Non-traumatic Alternaria keratomycosis in a rigid gas-permeable contact lens patient

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-390

  Ursea, Roxana ^a   Tavares, Lindsay A ^a   Feng, Matthew T ^a   McColgin, Ann Z ^b   Snyder, Robert W ^a,c   Wolk, Donna M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Ophthalmology   (United States)

^c NONE

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; GATIFLOXACIN; ITRACONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ALTERNARIA; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL THINNING; EYE BURNING; EYE DISEASE; EYE REDNESS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; LETTER; MOULD; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ALTERNARIA; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING;

EID: 77949507308     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.164632     Document Type: Letter

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