Molecular characterization, biofilm analysis and experimental biofouling study of Fusarium isolates from recent cases of fungal keratitis in New York State

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dyavaiah, Madhu ^a   Ramani, Rama ^a,b   Chu, David S ^c   Ritterband, David C ^d   Shah, Mahendra K ^d   Samsonoff, William A ^a   Chaturvedi, Sudha ^a,b   Chaturvedi, Vishnu ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; KERATOMYCOSIS; LENS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

BIOFILMS; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; NEW YORK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846807294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-7-1     Document Type: Article

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