Real-time polymerase chain reaction for diagnosing acyclovir-resistant herpetic keratitis based on changes in viral DNA copy number before and after treatment

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1462-1464

  Inoue, Tomoyuki ^a   Kawashima, Rumi ^b   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Ohashi, Yuichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; STEROID; TRIFLURIDINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CURETTAGE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84869107612     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.1176     Document Type: Article

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