Broad-range bacterial and fungal DNA amplification on vitreous humor from suspected endophthalmitis patients

Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 319-326

  Varghese, Betsy ^a   Rodrigues, Camilla ^a   Deshmukh, Minal ^a   Natarajan, S ^b   Kamdar, Paritosh ^c   Mehta, Ajita ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ADITYA JYOT EYE HOSPITAL PVT LTD   (India)

^c Jashem Eye Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; METHOXSALEN; PRIMER DNA; REAGENT; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE SURGERY; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITREOUS BODY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33749820645     PISSN: 11771062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03256207     Document Type: Article

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