Evaluation of Intracameral Amphotericin B in the Management of Fungal Keratitis: Randomized Controlled Trial

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 493-497

  Sharma, Namrata ^a   Sankaran, Preeti ^a   Agarwal, Tushar ^a   Arora, Tarun ^a   Chawla, Bhavna ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Satapathy, Gita ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fungal keratitis; fungal organisms; intracameral amphotericin; mycotic keratitis; recalcitrant fungal keratitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ECONAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; HOMATROPINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; HYPOPYON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG EFFECTS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945242163     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2015.1057597     Document Type: Article

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