Evaluation of molecular diagnosis in fungal keratitis. Ten years of experience

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-22

  Ferrer, Consuelo ^a,b   Alió, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a Vissum Corporación Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fungi; Infection; Keratitis; Molecular diagnosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 5.8S; SPACER DNA;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOLD STANDARD; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMYCOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862976087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18695760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12348-011-0019-9     Document Type: Review

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