Borrelia-associated crystalline keratopathy with intracorneal detection of Borrelia garinii by electron microscopy and polymerase chain reaction

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 498-500

  Dietrich, Tina ^a   Geidörfer, Walter ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   Holbach, Leonard ^a   Schoerner, Christoph ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia garinii; Crystalline keratopathy; Electron microscopy; Keratoplasty; PCR

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA GARINII; CASE REPORT; CRYSTALLINE KERATOPATHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPATHY; LENS IMPLANTATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CORNEAL DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 42549117553     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318162a8f5     Document Type: Article

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