Early keratectomy in the treatment of moderate Fusarium keratitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Hsin Chiung ^a   Lin, Ja Liang ^a   Lin Tan, Dan Tzu ^a   Ma, Hui Kang ^a   Chen, Hung Chi ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FAMCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NATAMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PERFORATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM KERATITIS; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMYCOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865288615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042126     Document Type: Article

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