Fungal scleral keratitis caused by Phomopsis phoenicicola

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2365-2368

  Gajjar, Devarshi U ^a   Pal, Anuradha K ^a   Parmar, Trilok J ^a   Arora, Anshul I ^a   Ganatra, Darshini A ^a   Kayastha, Forum B ^a   Ghodadra, Bharat K ^a   Vasavada, Abhay R ^a  

^a ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NATAMET; NATAMYCIN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOCON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIPHORA; EYE SURGERY; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAIN; PHOMOPSIS PHOENICICOLA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA DISEASE; SKIN REDNESS; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; NATAMYCIN; PHYLOGENY; SCLERA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; PHOMOPSIS;

EID: 79957461116     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02449-10     Document Type: Article

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