Antifungals in eye infections: Drugs and routes of administration

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-141

  Müller, Guilherme Gubert ^a   Kara José, Newton ^a   De Castro, Rosane Silvestre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents therapeutic use; Filamentous fungi; Fungal eye infections; Mycoses; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880599448     PISSN: 00347280     EISSN: 19828551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-72802013000200014     Document Type: Review

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