Comparative evaluation of topical versus intrastromal voriconazole as an adjunct to natamycin in recalcitrant fungal keratitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 677-681

  Sharma, Namrata ^a   Chacko, Jacob ^a   Velpandian, Thirumurthy ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Sinha, Rajesh ^a   Satpathy, Gita ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORAZE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CORNEAL STROMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATAMYCIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PYRIMIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84875751007     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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