Recurrent fungal keratitis following penetrating keratoplasty: an unusual source of infection

Arch Ophthalmol. 2010 Nov;128(11):1490-1. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.264.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candida / isolation & purification*
  • Candidiasis / diagnosis
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy
  • Candidiasis / microbiology*
  • Caspofungin
  • Corneal Ulcer / diagnosis
  • Corneal Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Corneal Ulcer / microbiology*
  • Dacryocystitis / diagnosis
  • Dacryocystitis / drug therapy
  • Dacryocystitis / microbiology*
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Echinocandins / therapeutic use
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / diagnosis
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Keratoplasty, Penetrating*
  • Lacrimal Apparatus / microbiology
  • Lipopeptides
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Echinocandins
  • Lipopeptides
  • Dexamethasone
  • Amphotericin B
  • Caspofungin