Lagenidium sp. ocular infection mimicking ocular pythiosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2778-2780

  Reinprayoon, Usanee ^a,b   Permpalung, Nitipong ^a,c   Kasetsuwan, Ngamjit ^a,b   Plongla, Rongpong ^a,b   Mendoza, Leonel ^d   Chindamporn, Ariya ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS VACCINE; ITRACONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; PYTHIUM VACCINE; TERBINAFINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLONY FORMATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EYE INFECTION; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PAIN; EYE REDNESS; EYELID SWELLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KERATOPLASTY; LAGENIDIUM; LAGENIDIUM GIGANTEUM; LAGENIDIUM GIGANTEUM INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCULAR PRURITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PYTHIOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; STAINING; SWELLING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CORNEA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LAGENIDIUM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYTHIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

EID: 84880598145     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00783-13     Document Type: Article

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