American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 140, Issue 5 , Pages 851-857.e2 , November 2005

Sensitive and Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction Based Diagnosis of Mycotic Keratitis Through Single Stranded Conformation Polymorphism

  • Manish Kumar, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fermentation Technology, Central Drug Research Institute, M.G. Marg, Lucknow, India
    • ,
  • Nisha Kant Mishra, MS

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmic Clinic, Tulsi Das Marg, Lucknow, India
    • ,
  • Praveen K. Shukla, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fermentation Technology, Central Drug Research Institute, M.G. Marg, Lucknow, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Praveen K. Shukla, Division of Fermentation Technology, Post Box 173, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226 001, India; fax: 91 522 2623938

,Accepted 6 May 2005.

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 This research was supported by in house grant from, CDRI, Lucknow. Manish Kumar received a Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India.

PII: S0002-9394(05)00598-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.05.019

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 140, Issue 5 , Pages 851-857.e2 , November 2005

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