Case of keratitis caused by Aspergillus tamarii

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作者
Kredics, Laszlo
Varga, Janos
Kocsube, Sandor
Doczi, Ilona
Samson, Robert A.
Rajaraman, Revathi
Narendran, Venkatapathy
Bhaskar, Madhavan
Vagvolgyi, Csaba
Manikandan, Palanisamy
机构
[1] Aravind Eye Hosp & Postgrad Inst Ophthalmol, Aravind Eye Care System, Dept Microbiol, Coimbatore 641014, Tamil Nadu, India
[2] Coimbatore Med Coll, Dept Microbiol, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
[3] Univ Szeged, Fac Sci, Dept Microbiol, Szeged, Hungary
[4] CBS Fungal Biodivers Ctr, Utrecht, Netherlands
[5] Univ Szeged, Fac Med, Dept Clin Microbiol & Diagnost, Szeged, Hungary
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10.1128/JCM.00920-07
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We report a case of Aspergillus tamarii keratitis. Ocular injury was known to be a predisposing factor. Topical natamycin and econazole treatment and subsequent systemic ketoconazole treatment proved effective. The isolate was identified by morphological characteristics and sequence analysis as A. tamarii, a member of Aspergillus section Flavi not hitherto reported from keratomycosis.
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页码:3464 / 3467
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