Open AccessIs inclusion of Sabouraud dextrose agar essential for the laboratory diagnosis of fungal keratitis?
Author(s) -
Sujata Das,
Savitri Sharma,
Sırrı Kar,
Srikant K Sahu,
Bikash Samal,
Aparajita Mallick
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.64122
Subject(s) - agar , microbiology and biotechnology , fungal keratitis , agar plate , medicine , brain heart infusion , fungus , chocolate agar , spore , potato dextrose agar , keratitis , natamycin , colony forming unit , food science , biology , bacteria , pathology , ophthalmology , botany , genetics
To determine whether the inclusion of Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) is essential in the diagnosis of fungal keratitis.