New diagnostic tool in bacterial keratitis is not superior to traditional agar plates

Acta Ophthalmol. 2016 Nov;94(7):e671-e672. doi: 10.1111/aos.13051. Epub 2016 Apr 15.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Agar
  • Bacteriological Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Corynebacterium / growth & development*
  • Culture Media*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Humans
  • Keratitis / diagnosis*
  • Keratitis / microbiology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prospective Studies
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Staphylococcus / growth & development*
  • Streptococcus / growth & development*

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • Agar