Simplifying collection of corneal specimens in cases of suspected bacterial keratitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3192-3197

  Kaye, Stephen B ^a   Rao, Prasad G ^a   Smith, Godfrey ^a   Scott, John A ^a   Hoyles, Sharon ^a   Morton, Clare E ^a   Willoughby, Colin ^a   Batterbury, Mark ^a   Harvey, Graham ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA ULCER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; KERATITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038168104     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3192-3197.2003     Document Type: Article

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