A 13-year retrospective review of polymerase chain reaction testing for infectious agents from ocular samples

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1449-1453

  Thompson, Paul P ^a   Kowalski, Regis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UVEITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADENOVIRIDAE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EYE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 79959969883     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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