Oral fluconazole therapy for keratomycosis.
A 12-year-old girl with fungal keratitis following injury with a vegetable foreign body was successfully treated with oral fluconazole, a new antifungal agent. The infection resolved completely with good visual recovery. Fluconazole was well tolerated systemically.
Thakar
M
M
Rohtak Medical College, India.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D002648:Child; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014675:Vegetables
D015725:Fluconazole