Case review of ocular scedosporiosis

Fungal keratitis is one of the leading cause of corneal blindness especially in developing countries like India. It requires prompt diagnosis and vigorous management as early as possible. Any delay in the initial period can have severe consequences on the quality of life of the patient. This often h...

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Autores principales:	Alok Agrawal, Mainak Raychaudhuri
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Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
Materias:	fungal keratitis immunocompetent host scedosporium apeospermum Medicine R Nursing RT1-120
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a9e9e40eb6eb48dab563ca98d1d5933f2021-11-12T10:09:47ZCase review of ocular scedosporiosis2348-33342348-506X10.4103/cjhr.cjhr_102_19https://doaj.org/article/a9e9e40eb6eb48dab563ca98d1d5933f2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.cjhr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-3334;year=2021;volume=8;issue=2;spage=65;epage=66;aulast=Agrawalhttps://doaj.org/toc/2348-3334https://doaj.org/toc/2348-506XFungal keratitis is one of the leading cause of corneal blindness especially in developing countries like India. It requires prompt diagnosis and vigorous management as early as possible. Any delay in the initial period can have severe consequences on the quality of life of the patient. This often happens in a patient who is immunocompromised and is therefore slow to respond to treatment. However, as evident from this article, even an immunocompetent patient can prove to be a challenging case, especially if the causative organism is a rare filamentous fungi like Scedosporium apeospermum.Alok AgrawalMainak RaychaudhuriWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticle fungal keratitisimmunocompetent hostscedosporium apeospermum MedicineRNursingRT1-120ENCHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 65-66 (2021)
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description	Fungal keratitis is one of the leading cause of corneal blindness especially in developing countries like India. It requires prompt diagnosis and vigorous management as early as possible. Any delay in the initial period can have severe consequences on the quality of life of the patient. This often happens in a patient who is immunocompromised and is therefore slow to respond to treatment. However, as evident from this article, even an immunocompetent patient can prove to be a challenging case, especially if the causative organism is a rare filamentous fungi like Scedosporium apeospermum.
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Case review of ocular scedosporiosis

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