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

被引：52

作者：

Nulens, E

Eggink, C

Rijs, AJMM

Wesseling, P

Verweij, PE

机构：

[1] Univ Nijmegen, Ctr Med, Dept Med Microbiol, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands

[2] Univ Nijmegen, Ctr Med, Dept Ophthalmol, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands

[3] Univ Nijmegen, Ctr Med, Dept Pathol, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands

[4] Univ Nijmegen, Ctr Infect Dis, Nijmegen, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2003年 / 41卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1128/JCM.41.5.2261-2264.2003

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：2261 / 2264

页数：4

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