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Chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2% as a treatment for recalcitrant fungal keratitis in Uganda: a pilot study.

Simon ArungaTumu MbarakAbel EbongJames MwesigyeDan KuguminkirizaAbeer H A Mohamed-AhmedJeremy John HoffmanAstrid LeckVictor HuMatthew Burton
Published in: BMJ open ophthalmology (2021)
Chlorhexidine 0.2% was found to be a useful sequential adjunctive topical antifungal in cases of fungal keratitis not responding to natamycin 5%, which warrants further evaluation.
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