Evaluación de la inmunofluorescncia directa para el diagnostico de la querartitis herpética

  1. C. Ruiz 1
  2. F. Labella 1
  3. J.A. Durán
  4. M.T. Garea 2
  5. J.M. López 2
  6. M. Parafita
  1. 1 Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Escuela Profesional de Oftalmología
  2. 2 Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Escuela Profesional de Oftalmología, Departamento de Microbiología
Journal:
Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia

ISSN: 0365-6691

Year of publication: 1991

Volume: 60

Issue: 2

Pages: 177-182

Type: Article

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Abstract

The direct immunofluorescence (IF-D) method for diagnosis of herpetic keratitis was evaluated in 50 eyes with corneal pathology. The clinical picture and the response to the treatment was compared with the IF-D results in order to establish the sensitivity and specificity of the test. From our results we conclude that IF-D is a reliable, simple and rapid method, with a high specificity and acceptable sensitivity, that can be useful for diagnosis of visual forms of herpetic keratitis.

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