Microsporidial keratitis in patients with hot springs exposure

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 414-418

  Fan, Nai Wen ^a   Wu, Chih Chiau ^a,b   Chen, Te Li ^a,b   Yu, Wei Kuang ^a   Chen, Chien Pei ^a   Lee, Shui Mei ^a,b   Lin, Pei Yu ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; EYE DROPS; EYE OINTMENT; FLUOROMETHOLONE; NORFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SCRAPING; DEBRIDEMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MODIFIED KINYOUN ACID FAST STAIN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUMMULAR KERATITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAINING; THERMAL SPRING; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITTAFORMA; VITTAFORMA CORNEAE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CORNEA; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HOT SPRINGS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VITTAFORMA;

MICROSPORIDIA; VITTAFORMA CORNEAE;

EID: 84862966019     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05007-11     Document Type: Article

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