Molecular characterization of drug-resistant and drug-sensitive Aspergillus isolates causing infectious keratitis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 373-377

  Nayak, Niranjan ^a   Satpathy, Gita ^a   Prasad, Sujata ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^b   Pandey, R M ^c   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Cornea Services   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

amphotericin B; Antifungal sensitivity testing; Aspergillus; fungal keratitis; polymerase chain reaction single stranded conformational polymorphism.

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL RNA;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CORNEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA, FUNGAL;

EID: 80051985929     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.83614     Document Type: Article

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