Beauvaria bassiana keratitis.
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Beauvaria bassiana keratitis.
The cornea of a 64-year-old white male underwent progressive thinning following removal of a foreign body and after treatment with topical antibiotics and corticosteroid. Initial attempts at laboratory identification of an infectious agent were negative. The process progressed to corneal perforation. After a penetrating keratoplaty, histopathological examination of host button tissue showed a f...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.69.7.548