The relative value of confocal microscopy and superficial corneal scrapings in the diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 764-772

  Tu, Elmer Y ^a   Joslin, Charlotte E ^a   Sugar, Joel ^a   Booton, Gregory C ^b   Shoff, Megan E ^c   Fuerst, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Confocal microscopy; Culture; Histology; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SUPERFICIAL CORNEAL SCRAPING; VALIDITY; ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CORNEA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49849090589     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31816f27bf     Document Type: Article

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