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Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Mycoses > Eye Infections, Fungal
Infections > Eye Infections > Eye Infections, Fungal
Eye Diseases > Eye Infections > Eye Infections, Fungal

Preferred term

Eye Infections, Fungal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

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

Note

  • coordinate with specific fungal disease

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015821

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