Adventitious sporulation in Fusarium keratitis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 249, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1429-1431

  Thomas, Philip A ^a   Jesudasan, C A Nelson ^a   Geraldine, P ^b   Kaliamurthy, J ^a  

^a JOSEPH EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL BIOPSY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOROGENESIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 80052693526     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-011-1692-y     Document Type: Article

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