Evaluation of intrastromal voriconazole injection in recalcitrant deep fungal keratitis: Case series

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1735-1737

  Sharma, Namrata ^a   Agarwal, Prakashchand ^a   Sinha, Rajesh ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Velpandian, Thirumurthy ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA PERFORATION; CURVULARIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INTRASTROMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, OPHTHALMIC; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUSARIOSIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 81555216809     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.192815     Document Type: Article

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