Laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis using buffered charcoal- yeast extract agar

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 590-592

  Penland, Rebecca L ^a   Wilhelmus, Kirk R ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; KERATITIS; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

EID: 0032189335     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00125-1     Document Type: Article

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