A highly sensitive method for molecular diagnosis of fungal keratitis: A dot hybridization assay

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2434-2442

  Kuo, Ming Tse ^a   Chang, Hsien Chang ^b   Cheng, Chao Kun ^a   Chien, Chun Chih ^a   Fang, Po Chiung ^a   Chang, Tsung C ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMYCOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84870686073     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.06.049     Document Type: Article

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