Rapid diagnosis of fungal keratitis in patients with corneal ulcer using Calcofluor White stain
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Fungal keratitis in patients with corneal ulcer in Sari, Northern Iran.
BACKGROUND Fungal keratitis is a suppurative, ulcerative, and sight-threatening infection of the cornea that sometimes leads to loss of the eye. The objectives of this study were to improve facilities for laboratory diagnosis, to determine the predominant causative microorganisms, and to identify the predisposing factors of mycotic keratitis patients. METHODS A prospective study of corneal ul...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbes and Infectious Diseases (Print)
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2682-4132', '2682-4140']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/mid.2022.158476.1375