Rapid and sensitive diagnosis of fungal keratitis with direct PCR without template DNA extraction

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages O776-O782

  Zhao, G ^a   Zhai, H ^a   Yuan, Q ^a   Sun, S ^a   Liu, T ^a   Xie, L ^a  

^a SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Direct PCR; Fungal keratitis; Rapid; Sensitive

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CHLORHEXIDINE; GANCICLOVIR; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METFORMIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA TEMPLATE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLASSIFICATION; CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84913609183     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12571     Document Type: Article

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