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Review
. 2016 Nov 18;9(11):1676-1683.
doi: 10.18240/ijo.2016.11.23. eCollection 2016.

Review of clinical and basic approaches of fungal keratitis

Jie Wu  1 , Wen-Song Zhang  2 , Jing Zhao  1 , Hong-Yan Zhou  1
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Review

Review of clinical and basic approaches of fungal keratitis

Jie Wu et al. Int J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Fungal keratitis (FK) is a serious disease which can cause blindness. This review has current information about the pathogenesis, limitations of traditional diagnosis and therapeutic strategies, immune recognition and the diagnosis and therapy of FK. The information of this summary was reviewed regularly and updated as what we need in the diagnosis and therapy of FK nowadays.

Keywords: diagnosis; fungal keratitis; pathogenesis; treatment.

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Figure 1. The mechanism of FK.
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