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Keratitis caused by Scedosporium apiospermum successfully treated with a cornea transplant and voriconazole.

Eric Nulens¹, Cathrien Eggink, Antonius J M M Rijs, Pieter Wesseling, Paul E Verweij.

Abstract

A case of Scedosporium apiospermum keratitis was successfully treated with oral voriconazole and penetrating keratoplasty. Voriconazole levels in the aqueous humor were 53% of the levels in plasma and exceeded the MIC for the isolate by sevenfold.

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Year: 2003 PMID： 12734297 PMCID： PMC154713 DOI： 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2261-2264.2003

Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN： 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948

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