Fusarium sacchari: A Cause of Exogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis: First Case Report and Review of Literature

Mycopathologia

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 431-434

  Chander, Jagdish ^a   Singla, Nidhi ^a   Gulati, Neelam ^a   Sood, Sunandan ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Exogenous fungal endophthalmitis; Fusarium; Fusarium sacchari

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SACCHARI;

EID: 79955730026     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9374-6     Document Type: Article

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