Oral fluconazole therapy for keratomycosis

Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh). 1994 Dec;72(6):765-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb04697.x.

Abstract

A 12-year-old girl with fungal keratitis following injury with a vegetable foreign body was successfully treated with oral fluconazole, a new antifungal agent. The infection resolved completely with good visual recovery. Fluconazole was well tolerated systemically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Child
  • Corneal Ulcer / drug therapy*
  • Corneal Ulcer / microbiology
  • Corneal Ulcer / pathology
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / complications
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / microbiology
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / drug therapy*
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / pathology
  • Eye Injuries / complications
  • Eye Injuries / microbiology
  • Female
  • Fluconazole / administration & dosage
  • Fluconazole / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Mycoses / drug therapy*
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Vegetables

Substances

  • Fluconazole