Fusarium keratitis acquired during travel to Namibia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-211

  Zaigraykina, Natalia ^a   Tomkins, Oren ^a   Garzozi, Hanna J ^a   Potasman, Israel ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; OXACILLIN; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA OPACITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIPHORA; EYE PAIN; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KERATITIS; NAMIBIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAND; SPECTACLES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; NAMIBIA; PYRIMIDINES; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES; VORICONAZOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951244345     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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