Colletotrichum truncatum: An unusual pathogen causing mycotic keratitis and endophthalmitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2894-2898

  Shivaprakash, M R ^a   Appannanavar, Suma B ^a   Dhaliwal, Manpreet ^a   Gupta, Amit ^a   Gupta, Sunita ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM TRUNCATUM; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIOSIS; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COLLETOTRICHUM; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VITRECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

ASPERGILLUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM TRUNCATUM; FUSARIUM;

EID: 79960949907     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00151-11     Document Type: Article

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