Predictors of outcome in fungal keratitis

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1226-1231

  Venkatesh Prajna, N ^a   Krishnan, T ^a   Mascarenhas, J ^a   Srinivasan, M ^a   Oldenburg, C E ^b   Toutain Kidd, C M ^c   Sy, A ^b   McLeod, S D ^b,d   Zegans, M E ^c   Acharya, N R ^b,d   Lietman, T M ^b,d   Porco, T C ^b,d  

^a ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungus; Keratitis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

NATAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84867557402     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.99     Document Type: Article

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