Commentary: Clinico-microbiological differentiation between Pythium and fungal keratitis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cornea and Cataract, ICARE Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute, Noida, Delhi-NCR, India.
² Department of Retina, Uvea and Cataract, ASG Eye Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Comment

Uma Sridhar et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;71(2):515-516.

doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2251_22.

¹ Department of Cornea and Cataract, ICARE Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute, Noida, Delhi-NCR, India.
² Department of Retina, Uvea and Cataract, ASG Eye Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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Clinical differentiation of keratitis due to fungus and Pythium: A photographic survey.
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