Use of potassium hydroxide, giemsa and calcofluor white staining techniques in the microscopic evaluation of corneal scrapings for diagnosis of fungal keratitis

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1961-1967

  Zhang, Weihong ^a,b   Yang, Huashan ^b   Jiang, Lili ^b   Han, Lei ^c   Wang, Liya ^c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Henan Eye Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Fungal keratitis; diagnosis; calcofluor white; giemsa stain; potassium hydroxide stain

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCOFLUOR WHITE STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL SCRAPING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STAINING; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 78650823935     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323001003800609     Document Type: Article

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