New strategy for rapid diagnosis and characterization of fungal infections: The example of corneal scrapings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Goldschmidt, Pablo ^a   Degorge, Sandrine ^a   Che Sarria, Patricia ^b   Benallaoua, Djida ^a   Semoun, Oudy ^a   Borderie, Vincent ^a   Laroche, Laurent ^a   Chaumeil, Christine ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMYCOSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; YEAST; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; KERATITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

FUNGAL DNA;

DNA, FUNGAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84863609123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037660     Document Type: Article

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