Detection of Mycobacterium leprae in ocular tissues by histopathology and real-time polymerase chain reaction

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Shamsi, Farrukh A ^a   Chaudhry, Imtiaz A ^a   Moraes, Milton O ^b   Martinez, Alejandra N ^b   Riley, Fenwick C ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Mycobacterium leprae; Ocular leprosy; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EYE; EYE INFECTION; EYE LEPROSY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEPROSY; MAST CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADULT; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34248142270     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099375     Document Type: Article

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