Cytologic identification of Toxoplasma gondii from subretinal aspirate

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 392-393

  Adán, Alfredo ^a,b   Sole, Manel ^a   Mateo, Carlos ^b   Jean, Alejandro Saint ^a   Alforja, Socorro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Ocular Microsurgery Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; NOTE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BIOPSY;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDNISONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SULFADIAZINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84861632578     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01901.x     Document Type: Note

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