Mycotic keratitis in an eye care hospital in Mexico city.;Queratomicosisenuncentrodeatención oftalmoló gicaenlaCiudaddeMé xico

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-61

  Vanzzini Zago, Virginia ^a   Manzano Gayosso, Patricia ^b   Hernández Hernández, Francisca ^b   Méndez Tovar, Luis Javier ^c   Gómez Leal, Alfredo ^a   López Martínez, Rubén ^b  

^a Asociacion para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico IAP   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Candida; Conjunctival flap; Dematiaceous; Eviscerations.; Fusarium; Keratomycoses

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; EYE CARE; FEMALE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRY EYE; EQUIPMENT; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; HOSPITAL; INFANT; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATITIS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952885630     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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