Effectiveness of in vivo confocal microscopy in detecting filamentous fungi during clinical course of fungal keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1346-1352

  Takezawa, Yuki ^a   Shiraishi, Atsushi ^a   Noda, Eriko ^a   Hara, Yuko ^a   Yamaguchi, Masahiko ^a   Uno, Toshihiko ^a   Ohashi, Yuichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cornea; fungal infection; in vivo confocal microscopy; keratitis

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MICONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPE; PATIENT MONITORING; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COLLETOTRICHUM; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650515324     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181cd3c84     Document Type: Article

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