Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis of Infectious Endophthalmitis
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
;
: 600-606, 2001.
Artículo
en Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-168606
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
We evaluated the efficacy of the PCR which is known as more sensitive method than culture in the diagnosis of causal microorganisms of the infective endophthalmitis.METHODS:
We used 0.3 ml of aqueous humor and 0.5 ml of vitreous sample in 3 cases of postoperative and 1 case of endogenous endophthalmitis for detecting causal microorganisms. To detect the bacteria we used universal, Gram positive and negative primers, and to detect the fungus we used fungal primer.RESULTS:
Three cases of endophthalmitis, there was no bacteria in the bacterial culture for 10 days but PCR results identified causal microorganisms in all cases.CONCLUSIONS:
PCR is effective in the fast and accurate diagnosis of infective endophthalmitis and especially in the culture-negative endophthalmitis.
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Asunto principal:
Humor Acuoso
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Bacterias
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Endoftalmitis
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Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa
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Diagnóstico
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Hongos
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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