Molecular biology applied to the laboratory diagnosis of bacterial endophthalmitis;Biologia molecular aplicada ao diagnóstico laboratorial de endoftalmite bacteriana

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 734-740

  Bispo, Paulo José Martins ^a   Höfling Lima, Ana Luisa ^a   Pignatari, Antonio Carlos Campos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis etiology; Eye infections, bacterial; Molecular diagnostic techniques; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249113212     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492009000500028     Document Type: Article

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