Candida fermentati: A rare yeast involved in fungal keratitis

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sengupta, Jayangshu ^a   Saha, Suman ^a   Khetan, Archana ^a   Ganguly, Alokesh ^a   Banerjee, Debdulal ^b  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CandidaKeratitis; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ATROPINE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NATAMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA FERMENTATI; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; EYE PAIN; EYE REDNESS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84880060533     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318255121f     Document Type: Article

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