Pathogenic spectrum of fungal keratitis and specific identification of Fusarium solani

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2804-2808

  He, Dan ^a   Hao, Jilong ^b   Zhang, Bo ^c   Yang, Yanqiu ^c   Song, Wengang ^d   Zhang, Yunfeng ^c   Yokoyama, Koji ^e   Wang, Li ^a  

^a Basic Medical College   (China)

^b CHINA JAPAN UNION HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE WET MOUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHINA; CORNEAL ULCER; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79956039857     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5977     Document Type: Article

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