Do pathogens from corneal scraping show their true colours better in bactec bottles?

• Main Authors: Logeswary K, Hazlita Mohd Isa, Wan Haslina Wan Abdul Halim, Then, KY, Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11880/1/22_logeswary_et_al_pdf_16346.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11880/; http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/12/1
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Identification of causative organisms of clinically suspected microbial keratitis is very important so that appropriate targeted antimicrobial treatment can be offered to patients. The current routine method of corneal scraping specimens on to multiple agar culture plates for microbiological study i...