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Sabouraud dextrose agar for the diagnosis of fungal keratitis.

Viroj Wiwanitkit.   

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Year:  2010        PMID: 20952848      PMCID: PMC2993996          DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.71684

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Ophthalmol        ISSN: 0301-4738            Impact factor:   1.848


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Dear Editor, I read the recent publication on diagnosis of fungal keratitis with great interest.[1] Das et al. concluded that “This study recommends use of blood agar or chocolate agar for diagnosis of both bacterial and fungal keratitis in situations with limited resources.”[1] Omitting sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) seems to be a challenge. In microbiology, SDA is used as a standard for fungus study.[2] The use of few samples in this study should be carefully considered. In addition, some fungi, especially for Histoplasma spp. cannot be successfully cultured via blood or chocolate agars.[3-4]
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1.  Performance of five agar media for recovery of fungi from isolator blood cultures.

Authors:  G W Procop; F R Cockerill; E A Vetter; W S Harmsen; J G Hughes; G D Roberts
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2000-10       Impact factor: 5.948

2.  Detection of fungi in blood cultures.

Authors:  G D Roberts; J A Washington
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1975-03       Impact factor: 5.948

Review 3.  Sabouraud('s) agar.

Authors:  F C Odds
Journal:  J Med Vet Mycol       Date:  1991

4.  Is inclusion of Sabouraud dextrose agar essential for the laboratory diagnosis of fungal keratitis?

Authors:  Sujata Das; Savitri Sharma; Sarita Kar; Srikant K Sahu; Bikash Samal; Aparajita Mallick
Journal:  Indian J Ophthalmol       Date:  2010 Jul-Aug       Impact factor: 1.848

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