Evaluation of three PCR assays for the detection of fungi in patients with mycotic keratitis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 911-912

  Balne, Praveen Kumar ^a   Reddy, Ashok Kumar ^a   Kodiganti, Manjulatha ^a   Gorli, Sanyasi Rao ^a   Garg, Prashant ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

ACREMONIUM; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVULARIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORNEAL ULCER; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861334349     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300207     Document Type: Letter

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