Diagnostic accuracy of microbial keratitis with in vivo scanning laser confocal microscopy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 982-987

  Hau, Scott C ^a   Dart, John K G ^a   Vesaluoma, Minna ^a   Parmar, Dipak N ^b   Claerhout, Ilse ^c   Bibi, Kanom ^a   Larkin, Daniel F P ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL KERATITIS; MICROSPORIDIA; NOCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; BIOPSY; CORNEA; CULTURE MEDIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EYE INFECTIONS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 77955246937     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.175083     Document Type: Article

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