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Fusarium infection complicating rheumatic keratitis that acutely progressed to endophthalmitis during regular infusion of tocilizumab: a case report
BACKGROUND: Filamentous fungi are ubiquitous in plants, water, and soil. The predominant fungi that infect the human cornea include Fusarium and Aspergillus species. The onset of fungal endophthalmitis is indolent, and typically takes weeks to months to develop after corneal infection. We report a c...
Autores principales: | Mitsuoka, Yusuke, Soma, Takeshi, Maruyama, Kazuichi, Nishida, Kohji |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8135165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34011297 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-01981-9 |
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