Trichosporon asahii keratitis in a patient with a type i boston keratoprosthesis and contact lens

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-132

  Keating, Anne ^a   Pineda, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston keratoprosthesis; Contact lens; Fungal keratitis; Trichosporon

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BRIMONIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL MALEATE; GENTEAL; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; KETOCONAZOLE; LATANOPROST; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENUCLEATION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SYMBLEPHARON; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; TRICHOSPORONOSIS; TYPE I BOSTON KERATOPROSTHESIS; VISION;

AGED; CONTACT LENSES; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORONOSIS;

EID: 84857912805     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31822c3703     Document Type: Article

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