Prospective Comparison of Microbial Culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis of Corneal Ulcer

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kim, Elma ^a   Chidambaram, Jaya D ^b   Srinivasan, Muthiah ^c   Lalitha, Prajna ^c   Wee, Daniel ^a   Lietman, Thomas M ^b   Whitcher, John P ^b   Van Gelder, Russell N ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 54449093786     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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