Penetration of topically administered 0.5-percent caspofungin eye drops into human aqueous humor

Chin Neoh; Lok Leung; Anant Misra; Rasik B Vajpayee; Geoffrey E Davies; Robert Fullinfaw; Kay Stewart; David CM Kong

doi:10.1128/AAC.01175-10

Penetration of topically administered 0.5-percent caspofungin eye drops into human aqueous humor

Chin Neoh, Lok Leung, Anant Misra, Rasik B Vajpayee, Geoffrey E Davies, Robert Fullinfaw, Kay Stewart, David CM Kong

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Abstract

Fungal keratitis is a potentially blinding condition, with Candida, Aspergillus, and Fusarium spp. (2, 21) being the common pathogens. Current treatment for fungal keratitis is inadequate (8); thus, alternatives are needed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1761 - 1763
Number of pages	3
Journal	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume	55
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01175-10
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Penetration of topically administered 0.5-percent caspofungin eye drops into human aqueous humor. / Neoh, Chin; Leung, Lok; Misra, Anant; Vajpayee, Rasik B; Davies, Geoffrey E; Fullinfaw, Robert; Stewart, Kay; Kong, David CM.

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