Diagnosis of fungal keratitis caused by Nectria haematococca through next-generation sequencing: review of literature and report of three cases
Objectives: Fungal keratitis (FK) is a kind of serious corneal infection and penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) is needed when medical therapy fails. Although Nectria haematococca is found as endophytes in the roots of some plant species, there has been no report of N. haematococca infection in human. M...
Main Authors: | Wei Wang, Ban Luo, Xu Yuan, Lingjuan Xu, Jing Gao, Shiliang Liu, Chaohua Den, Yongyao Tan, Guanyu Su, Zhongju Chen, Hong Zhang, Zhifen Zheng, Guigang Li, Xiongwu Zhou |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971222006701 |
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