Fluorescent Gram stain in the microbiologic diagnosis of infectious keratitis and endophthalmitis

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 620-623

  Roychoudhury, Bhaskar ^a   Sharma, Savitri ^a   Reddy, Madhukar K ^a   Das, Taraprasad ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endophthalmitis; Fluorescent; Gram stain; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FLUORESCENCE; GRAM STAINING; KERATITIS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITREOUS BODY;

ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FLUORESCENCE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; INFECTION; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PHENAZINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030943555     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.6.620.5074     Document Type: Article

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