Prospective comparison between conventional microbial work-up vs PCR in the diagnosis of fungal keratitis

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1337-1343

  Tananuvat, N ^a   Salakthuantee, K ^a   Vanittanakom, N ^a   Pongpom, M ^a   Ausayakhun, S ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Corneal ulcer; Fungal keratitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURVULARIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMEAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867540443     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.162     Document Type: Article

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