Microbiological diagnosis of ocular infections;Diagnóstico microbiológico de las infecciones oculares

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 531-535

  López Cerero, Lorena ^a   Etxebarria, Jaime ^b   Mensa, José ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microbiological diagnosis; Ocular infection; Ocular samples

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA INFECTION; BLEPHARITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXUDATE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; KERATITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEROCONVERSION; SMEAR; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 70350572380     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2009.01.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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