Pythium insidiosum keratitis in Israel

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-98

  Tanhehco, Tasha Y ^a,b   Stacy, Rebecca C ^a,b   Mendoza, Leonel ^c   Durand, Marlene L ^a,d   Jakobiec, Frederick A ^a,b   Colby, Kathryn A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Cornea; Keratitis; Pythium

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; MICAFUNGIN; MORPHINE; NATAMYCIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENUCLEATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; FUNGAL STRAIN; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPYON; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISRAEL; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYTHIOSIS; PYTHIUM;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE ENUCLEATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; PYTHIOSIS; PYTHIUM; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPURATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952283111     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3182043114     Document Type: Article

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