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

Embong Z , Wan Hitam WH , Yean CY , Rashid NH , Kamarudin B , Abidin SK Show all authors , Osman S , Zainuddin ZF , Ravichandran M
BMC Ophthalmol, 2008;8:7.
PMID: 18445283 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-8-7

Abstract

The sensitivity and specificity of 18S rRNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the detection of fungal aetiology of microbial keratitis was determined in thirty patients with clinical diagnosis of microbial keratitis.

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