Evaluation of sampling technique and transport media for the diagnostics of adenoviral eye infections

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1497-1504

  Wölfel, Roman ^a   Pfeffer, Martin ^a   Essbauer, Sandra ^a   Nerkelun, Sylke ^b   Dobler, Gerhard ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Bundeswehr Medical Specialist Service   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenovirus keratoconjunctivitis; Clinical samples; Viral transport

Indexed keywords

DACRON; OXYBUPROCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EYE BIOPSY; EYE INFECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, VIRAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; PROCAINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSPORTATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 33751015711     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0283-9     Document Type: Article

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