A case of corneal endotheliitis with mumps virus RNA in aqueous humor detected by RT-PCR

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-152

  Ando, Kiyomu ^a   Ishihara, Mami ^a   Kusumoto, Yoshifumi ^a   Shibuya, Etsuko ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^a   Mizuki, Nobuhisa ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal endotheliitis; Mumps virus RNA

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MOXIFLOXACIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; TIMOLOL MALEATE; TRAVOPROST; TROPICAMIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE REDNESS; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY INFECTION; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84876005515     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2012.747619     Document Type: Article

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