Diseases

Fungal Eye Infections

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.

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Abstract

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.

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23 entry terms
  • Eye Infections, Fungal
  • Mycosis, Ocular
  • Mycotic Infections, Ocular
  • Ocular Infections, Fungal
  • Oculomycosis
  • Eye Infection, Fungal
  • Fungal Eye Infection
  • Fungal Ocular Infection
  • Fungal Ocular Infections
  • Infection, Fungal Eye
  • Infection, Fungal Ocular
  • Infection, Ocular Mycotic
  • Infections, Fungal Eye
  • Infections, Fungal Ocular
  • Infections, Ocular Mycotic
  • Mycoses, Ocular
  • Mycotic Infection, Ocular
  • Ocular Infection, Fungal
  • Ocular Mycoses
  • Ocular Mycosis
  • Ocular Mycotic Infection
  • Ocular Mycotic Infections
  • Oculomycoses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate with specific fungal disease

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  • Eye Diseases (1966-1989)
  • specific fungal infection (1966-1989)

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  1. C01w.150.703w.320
  2. C01w.375.450
  3. C11w.294.450

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fungal Eye Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015821. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015821
  2. Fungal Eye Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55082311