Fungal keratitis-improving diagnostics by confocal microscopy

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-310

  Nielsen, E ^a   Heegaard, S ^b,c   Prause, J U ^b   Ivarsen, A ^a   Mortensen, K L ^a   Hjortdal, J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Fungal keratitis; In vivo confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; ADULT; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTACT LENS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENUCLEATION; FILAMENTOUS FUNGAL KERATITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE GRADING SYSTEM; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

AMPHOTERICIN B; VORICONAZOLE;

EID: 84893028431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357558     Document Type: Article

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