First case of fungal keratitis caused by Pestalotiopsis clavispora

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 2261-2264

  Monden, Yu ^a   Yamamoto, Shohaku ^a   Yamakawa, Ryoji ^a   Sunada, Atsuko ^b   Asari, Seishi ^b   Makimura, Koichi ^c   Inoue, Yoshitsugu ^d  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility test; Fungal keratitis; Molecular identification; Pestalotiopsis clavispora; Plant pathogen

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; VORICONAZOLE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CORNEA; CORNEA OPACITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JAPAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPATHY; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PESTALOTIOPSIS CLAVISPORA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SLIT LAMP; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84888361672     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S48732     Document Type: Article

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