Identification and sensitivity of two rare fungal species isolated from two patients with Fusarium keratomycosis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 939-944

  Mochizuki, Kiyofumi ^a   Shiraki, Ikumi ^a   Murase, Hiroki ^b   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gifu Prefectural Gero Hot Spring Hospital   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fusarium equiseti; Fusarium verticillioides; Keratomycosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTEROID; DNA POLYMERASE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; SPACER DNA;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOSPORE; CORNEA PERFORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM EQUISETI; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PERFORATING EYE INJURY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RARE SPECIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; CLASSIFICATION; CORNEA; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CORNEA; DNA, INTERGENIC; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84880420987     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-012-0389-4     Document Type: Article

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