Successful Treatment of Paecilomyces lilacinus Keratitis With Oral Posaconazole
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Successful Treatment of Paecilomyces lilacinus Onychomycosis with Efinaconazole and Tavaborole.
Paecilomyces lilacinus, also known as Purpureocillium lilacinum, is a non-dermatophyte mold found in the soil and used as nematocide for crops. P. lilacinus can cause rare opportunistic infections in humans ranging from endocarditis, keratitis, to onychomycosis with significant resistance to conventional antifungals. There are only two cases of onychomycosis caused by P. lilacinus reported in t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cornea
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0277-3740
DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000000143