Two cases of acanthamoeba keratitis diagnosed only by real-time polymerase chain reaction

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-231

  Kandori, Michiko ^a   Inoue, Tomoyuki ^a   Takamatsu, Fumihiko ^a   Kojima, Yoshinao ^a   Hori, Yuichi ^a   Maeda, Naoyuki ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Rapid diagnosis; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; NATAMYCIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MALE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANIMALS; CORNEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77649096095     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181a39020     Document Type: Article

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