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Case Reports
. 2014 Mar;111(3):259-61.
doi: 10.1007/s00347-013-2874-2.

[Successful treatment of Fusarium-associated keratitis with multiresistant pathogen and multimorbid patient]

[Article in German]
M Alnawaiseh  1 , M R R Böhm, E A Idelevich, K Becker, S Grewe, U H Grenzebach, N Eter
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[Successful treatment of Fusarium-associated keratitis with multiresistant pathogen and multimorbid patient]

[Article in German]
M Alnawaiseh et al. Ophthalmologe. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

A 75-year-old man (not a contact lens wearer) presented with Fusarium-associated hypopyon keratitis. After several weeks of empirical and subsequently targeted antimycotic treatment, no considerable improvement was observed. However, after sclerokeratoplasty (11.2 × 11.2 mm) combined with prolonged antimycotic therapy a good local result with relapse-free long-term follow-up was achieved.

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