Rare case of fungal keratitis caused by Plectosporium tabacinum

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1623-1627

  Kamada, Rika ^a   Monden, Yu ^a   Uehara, Koji ^a   Yamakawa, Ryoji ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filamentous fungi; Fungal keratitis; Plectosporium tabacinum; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA ULCER; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; KERATOMYCOSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLECTOSPORIUM TABACINUM; RNA GENE; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 84867553853     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S36318     Document Type: Article

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