Diagnosis of fungal keratitis caused by Nectria haematococca through next-generation sequencing: review of literature and report of three cases

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...

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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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Keratitis
Fungus
Next-generation sequencing
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971222006701

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