Open AccessMasked comparison of trypan blue stain and potassium hydroxide with calcofluor white stain in the microscopic examination of corneal scrapings for the diagnosis of microbial keratitis
Author(s) -
Varsha M Rathi,
Somasheila I Murthy,
Sanchita Mitra,
Balakrishna Yamjala,
Ashik Mohamed,
Savitri Sharma
Publication year - 2021
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/ijo.ijo_3685_20
Subject(s) - trypan blue , stain , medicine , gram staining , staining , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , antibiotics , genetics , cell culture
To evaluate the efficacy of trypan blue in direct microscopic examination of corneal scrapings in the diagnosis of non-viral microbial keratitis.