Literature DB >> 3578461

Direct examination vs culture of biopsy specimens for the diagnosis of keratomycosis.

Y Ishibashi, S Hommura, Y Matsumoto.   

Abstract

In two patients with fungal keratitis, direct examination of corneal biopsy specimens showed positive fungal elements, but cultures of biopsy specimens failed to disclose fungal growth. We compared the value of direct examination and culture of biopsy specimens in the diagnosis of keratomycosis in rabbits with experimental fungal keratitis caused by Fusarium solani, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Candida albicans. Cultures disclosed seven specimens (70%) positive for Candida and eight (80%) for Fusarium and Aspergillus keratitis, whereas direct examination showed positive fungal elements of Fusarium, Aspergillus, and Candida in all specimens.

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Year:  1987        PMID： 3578461     DOI： 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)74322-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Ophthalmol        ISSN： 0002-9394            Impact factor:   5.258


  8 in total

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Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  2004-06       Impact factor: 4.638

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Authors:  B D Allan; J K Dart
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  1995-08       Impact factor: 4.638

3.  Chronic basidiomycetous endophthalmitis after extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation.

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Journal:  Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol       Date:  1996-09       Impact factor: 3.117

4.  Fungal corneal ulcers of onion harvesters in southern Taiwan.

Authors:  S H Lin; C P Lin; H Z Wang; R K Tsai; C K Ho
Journal:  Occup Environ Med       Date:  1999-06       Impact factor: 4.402

Review 5.  Current perspectives on ophthalmic mycoses.

Authors:  Philip A Thomas
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2003-10       Impact factor: 26.132

6.  Genotypic identification of Fusarium species from ocular sources: comparison to morphologic classification and antifungal sensitivity testing (an AOS thesis).

Authors:  Eduardo C Alfonso
Journal:  Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc       Date:  2008

7.  Endothelial Biopsy for the Diagnosis and Management of Culture-Negative Retrocorneal Fungal Keratitis With the Assistance of Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging.

Authors:  Sotiria Palioura; Chara Tsiampali; Sander R Dubovy; Sonia H Yoo
Journal:  Cornea       Date:  2021-09-01       Impact factor: 3.152

8.  Specific detection of fungal pathogens by 18S rRNA gene PCR in microbial keratitis.

Authors:  Zunaina Embong; Wan Hazabbah Wan Hitam; Chan Yean Yean; Nur Haslindawaty Abdul Rashid; Balqis Kamarudin; Siti Khaironi Zainal Abidin; Sabariah Osman; Zainul F Zainuddin; Manickam Ravichandran
Journal:  BMC Ophthalmol       Date:  2008-04-29       Impact factor: 2.209
  8 in total

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