Successful Treatment of Postkeratoplasty Fungal Keratitis with Topical and Intrastromal Voriconazole
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Successful Treatment of Postkeratoplasty Fungal Keratitis with Topical and Intrastromal Voriconazole
Objective: Corneal grafts have a major risk of fungal keratitis due to long-term local and sometimes systemic steroid/antibiotic use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of intrastromal voriconazole as a therapeutic adjunctive for the management of fungal keratitis in corneal graft. Design: Presentation of two cases of fungal keratitis occurring after corneal transplantation and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2155-9570
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000393