Treatment failure in a case of fungal keratitis caused by Pseudallescheria boydii.
A case is presented of Pseudallescheria boydii fungal keratitis in an agricultural welder. Treatment with azole antifungal drugs (miconazole and itraconazole) and with penetrating keratoplasty was unsuccessful in eradicating the infection, and eventually the eye was eviscerated.
Bloom
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PA
Bristol Eye Hospital.
Laidlaw
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DA
Easty
D L
DL
Warnock
D W
DW
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole; D007634:Keratitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008825:Miconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011541:Pseudallescheria
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D008825:Miconazole; D007654:Ketoconazole