Laboratory diagnosis of amoebic keratitis: Comparison of four diagnostic methods for different types of clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1314-1318

  Boggild, Andrea K ^a   Martin, Donald S ^b   Lee, Theresa YuLing ^b   Yu, Billy ^b   Low, Donald E ^b,c,d  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE;

EID: 66149090034     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00173-09     Document Type: Article

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