Rapid Species Determination of Nocardia Keratitis Using Pyrosequencing Technology

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 182-183

  Galor, Anat ^a   Hall, Gerri S ^a   Procop, Gary W ^a   Tuohy, Marion ^a   Millstein, Michael E ^a   Jeng, Bennie H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EYE DROPS; GATIFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOCARDIA ABSCESSUS; NOCARDIA ARTHRITIS; NOCARDIA ASIATICA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 33845498650     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.07.036     Document Type: Article

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