Mycotic keratitis diagnosis and treatment

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Yuriy Sergeevich Astakhov

I. P. Pavlov State Medical University

Email: astakhov@spmu.rssi.ru
doctor of medical science, professor, head of the department of ophthalmology

Yelena Vladimirovna Skryabina

City multi-field hospital N 2

MD, Microsurgery department N 4

Yanina Stanislavovna Konenkova

City multi-field hospital N 2

MD, head of department. Microsurgery department

Farkhod Olimdzhanovich Kasymov

I. I. Mechnikov North-West Medical University

MD, PhD, assistant professor, ophthalmology department N 2

Tatyana Sergeyevna Bogomolova

I. I. Mechnikov North-West Medical University

MD, assistant professor, department of medical microbiology

Olga Nikolayevna Pinegina

I. I. Mechnikov North-West Medical University

assistant professor, department of medical microbiology

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