Open AccessIsavuconazole for Treatment of Experimental Fungal Endophthalmitis Caused by Aspergillus fumigatus
Author(s) -
John Michael Guest,
Pawan Kumar Singh,
Sanjay G. Revankar,
Pranatharthi Chandrasekar,
Ashok Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.01537-18
Subject(s) - aspergillus fumigatus , endophthalmitis , antifungal , blindness , aspergillosis , aspergillus , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , mycosis , biology , surgery , immunology , optometry
Fungal endophthalmitis remains a significant cause of vision impairment and blindness. Moreover, the prognosis is poor, in part due to delay in diagnosis and to limited availability of effective antifungal agents with good ocular penetration.
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