Polymerase chain reaction-guided diagnosis of infective keratitis a hospital based study

Current Eye Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1005-1011

  Abu Eleinen, Khaled Gamal ^a   Mohalhal, Ahmad Abdalla ^a   Elmekawy, Hany Elmekawy ^a   Abdulbaki, Ahmad M ^a   Sherif, Ahmad Mohammad ^a   El Sherif, Rasha H ^a   Abdul Rahman, Eiman M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Broad range PCR; Corneal scrapping; Infective keratitis; Panbacterial primers; Universal fungal primers

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTIVE KERATITIS; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNGI; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, FUNGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866917076     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.698357     Document Type: Article

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