Microsporidial keratitis: Need for increased awareness

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Sharma, Savitri ^a   Das, Sujata ^a   Joseph, Joveeta ^b   Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Murthy, Somasheila ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Keratitis; Keratoconjunctivitis; Microsporidia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BACITRACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FUMAGILLIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POLYMYXIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; AWARENESS; CLASSIFICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE INJURY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CORNEAL ULCER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650194411     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2010.03.006     Document Type: Review

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