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Post-traumatic Fungal Keratitis and Endophthalmitis Caused by Coniochaeta Hoffmannii with Late Recurrence following Therapeutic Full-thickness Penetrating Keratoplasty

Waleed Alsarhania Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;b Department of Ophthalmology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Philip W. Lamc Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;d Division of Infectious Diseases, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, CanadaView further author information
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Julianne V. Kuse Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;f Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, CanadaView further author information
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Corwyn Rowselle Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;g Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, ON, CanadaView further author information
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Manal Tadrose Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;h Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, CanadaView further author information
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Ramzi Fattouhe Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;g Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, ON, CanadaView further author information
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Yeni Yucela Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;e Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;g Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, ON, CanadaView further author information
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Peter J. Kertesa Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;i Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0348-5096View further author information
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Pages 826-829 | Received 18 Nov 2021, Accepted 15 Feb 2022, Published online: 11 Apr 2022

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