Experience with a broth culture technique for diagnosis of bacterial keratitis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 592-594

  Schønheyder, Henrik Carl ^a   Pedersen, Jan Kjær ^a   Næeser, Kristian ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Broth culture technique; Diagnosis; Keratitis; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031435877     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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