Investigative modalities in infectious keratitis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-213

  Gupta, Noopur ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Corneal biopsy; Corneal scraping; Culture; Infectious keratitis; Investigations; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA ULCER; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

BIOPSY; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 42549114315     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.40359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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