Role of confocal microscopy in the diagnosis of fungal and acanthamoeba keratitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Vaddavalli, Pravin K ^a   Garg, Prashant ^a   Sharma, Savitri ^a   Sangwan, Virender S ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a   Thomas, Ravi ^b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL ULCER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650847827     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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