Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Neisseria meningitidis in the Intraocular Fluid of a Patient with Endogenous Endophthalmitis but without Associated Meningitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2134-2136

  Kerkhoff, Frank T ^a,d   Van der Zee, Anneke ^b   Bergmans, Anneke M C ^b   Rothova, Aniki ^c  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d MMC   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242349282     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00834-0     Document Type: Article

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