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

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

<b>Purpose:</b> To determine whether the inclusion of Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) is essential in the diagnosis of fungal keratitis. <b> Materials and Methods:</b> Corneal scrapings of 141 patients with microbial keratitis were smeared and cultured. Sheep blood agar (BA),...

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Main Authors: Das Sujata, Sharma Savitri, Kar Sarita, Sahu Srikant, Samal Bikash, Mallick Aparajita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Blood agar
chocolate agar
diagnosis
fungal keratitis
Sabouraud dextrose agar
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2010;volume=58;issue=4;spage=281;epage=286;aulast=Das

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