Surgical outcomes in cases of contact lens-related fusarium keratitis

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 190-194

  Belliappa, Sonia ^a   Hade, Jason ^a   Kim, Soyeon ^a   Ayres, Brandon D ^b   Chu, David S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens related keratitis; Fungal keratitis; Graft rejection; Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; APRACLONIDINE; ATROPINE; BACITRACIN; BRIMONIDINE; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; FLUCONAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HOMATROPINE; LATANOPROST; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NATAMYCIN; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TIMOLOL; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIFLURIDINE; TROPICAMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUSOBACTERIUM; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOSIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUSARIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954660581     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181e3ef26     Document Type: Article

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