Early Diagnosis of Mycotic Keratitis: Predictive Value of Potassium Hydroxide Preparation

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-35

  Sharma, Savitri ^a   Silverberg, Mark ^b   Mehta, Paras ^a   Gopinathan, Usha ^a   Agrawal, Vinay ^a   Naduvilath, Thomas J ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcofluor white; Diagnosis; Mycotic keratitis; Pottasium hydroxide

Indexed keywords

BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GRAM'S STAIN; HYDROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; LACTOPHENOL COTTON BLUE; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BENZENESULFONATES; CORNEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUNGI; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; HYDROXIDES; KERATITIS; LACTIC ACID; PHENAZINES; PHENOLS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032016027     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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