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SUBMITTER: Fan NW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3264156 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fan Nai-Wen NW Wu Chih-Chiau CC Chen Te-Li TL Yu Wei-Kuang WK Chen Chien-Pei CP Lee Shui-Mei SM Lin Pei-Yu PY
Journal of clinical microbiology 20111123 2
This retrospective study included 10 eyes of 9 patients diagnosed with microsporidial keratitis. All of them were known to contract this disease after taking baths in hot springs. The disease was diagnosed based on detecting microsporidia in corneal scrapings using Gram stain and the modified Kinyoun's acid-fast stain. The specimens from the last six patients were subjected to PCR and then sequencing. All of them revealed that the microorganism identified has a high similarity to Vittaforma corn ...[more]