Validation of real-time PCR for laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3232-3236

  Thompson, Paul P ^a   Kowalski, Regis P ^a   Shanks, Robert M Q ^a   Gordon, Y Jerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; BROMFENAC; CEFAZOLIN; GATIFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEPAFENAC; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PROXYMETACAINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOZOITE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; BIGUANIDES; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 53649095321     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00908-08     Document Type: Article

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