Orbital aspergillosis: Voriconazole - The new standard treatment?

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-53

  Ohlstein, Derek H ^a   Hooten, Claudia ^a   Perez, Javier ^a   Clark, Charles L ^a   Samy, Hazem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Orbital apex syndrome; Orbital aspergillosis; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; MICAFUNGIN; OMEPRAZOLE; OXYCODONE; PAROXETINE; PREDNISONE; VALSARTAN; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE PAIN; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GLAUCOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORBIT INFECTION; ORBITAL ASPERGILLOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RASH; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84860724509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336276     Document Type: Review

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