Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 6, Issue : 1, Year : 2020
Article Page : 57-60
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2020.012
Abstract
Fungal keratitis is a major cause of ocular morbidity and unilateral blindness 1worldwide. In India
it contributes to 50% of culture positive cases. 2 Despite the emergence of many new drugs, a cure
remains difficult in many cases. Compared to anti- bacterial, anti-fungal have lower efficacy, lower tissue
penetration and indolent nature of the infection.
This article aims to study effectiveness of topical 1% voriconazole as first line of treatment in 50 patients
of mycotic corneal ulcer.
Keywords: Fungal corneal ulcer, Voriconazole.
How to cite : Kumar S , Chaurasia S, Imam S, Topical 1% voriconazole ophthalmic solution in the treatment of mycotic corneal ulcer. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2020;6(1):57-60
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