"Eye Infections, Fungal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infection by a variety of fungi, usually through four possible mechanisms: superficial infection producing conjunctivitis, keratitis, or lacrimal obstruction; extension of infection from neighboring structures - skin, paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx; direct introduction during surgery or accidental penetrating trauma; or via the blood or lymphatic routes in patients with underlying mycoses.
| Descriptor ID |
D015821
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.375.450 C01.703.343 C11.294.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Eye Infections, Fungal- Eye Infections, Fungal
- Oculomycosis
- Oculomycoses
- Mycotic Infections, Ocular
- Infection, Ocular Mycotic
- Infections, Ocular Mycotic
- Mycotic Infection, Ocular
- Ocular Mycotic Infection
- Ocular Mycotic Infections
- Ocular Infections, Fungal
- Fungal Ocular Infection
- Fungal Ocular Infections
- Infection, Fungal Ocular
- Infections, Fungal Ocular
- Ocular Infection, Fungal
- Fungal Eye Infections
- Eye Infection, Fungal
- Fungal Eye Infection
- Infection, Fungal Eye
- Infections, Fungal Eye
- Mycosis, Ocular
- Mycoses, Ocular
- Ocular Mycoses
- Ocular Mycosis
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Eye Infections, Fungal" by people in Profiles.
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Aspergillus fumigatus Hypoxia Adaptation Is Critical for the Establishment of Fungal Keratitis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 Apr 01; 65(4):31.
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A novel 3D culture model of fungal keratitis to explore host-pathogen interactions within the stromal environment. Exp Eye Res. 2021 06; 207:108581.
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Experimental Models for Fungal Keratitis: An Overview of Principles and Protocols. Cells. 2020 07 16; 9(7).
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Pediatric Metarrhizium anisopliae keratitis. J AAPOS. 2011 Feb; 15(1):101-3.
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Re: Fungal endophthalmitis: fourteen years' experience from a center in India. Retina. 2009 Nov-Dec; 29(10):1548; author reply 1548-9.