Utility of real-time PCR analysis for appropriate diagnosis for keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 11 SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Inoue, Tomoyuki ^a   Ohashi, Yuichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; diagnosis; herpes virus; keratitis; real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACICLOVIR; BETAMETHASONE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DNA; GANCICLOVIR; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; NATAMYCIN; TIMOLOL; TRIFLURIDINE; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIITIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DENDRITE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATITIS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOSTER SINE HERPETE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84886056878     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182a2c79f     Document Type: Article

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