Comparative ocular microbial communities in humans with and without blepharitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5585-5593

  Lee, Se Hee ^a   Oh, Doo Hwan ^a   Jung, Ji Young ^a   Kim, Jae Chan ^a   Jeon, Che Ok ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOINFORMATICS; BLEPHARITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EYELASH; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SPIROCHETE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACRIMAL FLUID; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BLEPHARITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYELASHES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TEARS;

EID: 84867905638     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9922     Document Type: Article

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