A new method to predict the epidemiology of fungal keratitis by monitoring the sales distribution of antifungal eye drops in Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ibrahim, Marlon Moraes ^a   de Angelis, Rafael ^a   Lima, Acacio Souza ^b,c   Viana de Carvalho, Glauco Dreyer ^c   Ibrahim, Fuad Moraes ^a   Malki, Leonardo Tannus ^a   de Paula Bichuete, Marina ^a   de Paula Martins, Wellington ^a,d,e   Rocha, Eduardo Melani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Ophthalmos Industria Farmacêutica   (Brazil)

^d Escola de Ultra sonografia e Reciclagem Médica de Ribeirão Preto   (Brazil)

^e Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Hormônios e Saúde da Mulher   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; NATAMYCIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; EYE DROPS;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; KERATITIS; SEASON;

FUNGI;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 84858790821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033775     Document Type: Article

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