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Natamycin remains treatment of choice for fungal ulcers
CHICAGO — Topical natamycin remains the mainstay of treatment of fungal ulcers, a treatment developed in the 1960s, a speaker here said. “However, Fusarium ulcers may benefit from the addition of oral voriconazole,” Jennifer R. Rose-Nussbaumer, MD, said at Cornea Subspecialty Day preceding the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting. “That needs to be balanced with the fact that it does have higher adverse events and is expensive.”