Real-time polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of acute postoperative endophthalmitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1031-1037.e2

  Joseph, Cornelia Reena ^a   Lalitha, Prajna ^a   Sivaraman, Kavitha R ^a   Ramasamy, Kim ^b   Behera, Umesh Chandra ^b  

^a ARAVIND MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE BACTERIAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84861182033     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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