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. 2001 Apr;85(4):496. doi: 10.1136/bjo.85.4.496g

Pythium insidiosum keratitis confirmed by DNA sequence analysis

P BADENOCH, D COSTER, B WETHERALL, H BRETTIG, M ROZENBILDS, A DRENTH, G WAGELS
PMCID: PMC1723941  PMID: 11302134

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Figure 1  

Pythium insidiosum keratitis. Top, the patient at presentation. Bottom, proliferative material in the anterior chamber after corneal transplantation.

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Figure 2  

Histopathology of the excised cornea (×625). Top, silver stain. Bottom, PAS. The organisms have not stained with PAS; their presence is indicated by the spaces in the section.


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