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Intravitreal Injection and Quantitation of Infection Parameters in a Mouse Model of Bacterial Endophthalmitis
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An unexpected experimental pitfall in the molecular diagnosis of bacterial endophthalmitis
Luana Ugahary1, Wendy van de Sande, Jan C van Meurs
1The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|November 6, 2004
Abstract:
General primer-mediated ribosomal DNA amplification during endophthalmitis may improve the quality of diagnostic microbiology. However, extreme care needs to be taken not to introduce contaminating bacterial DNA during surgery procedures. The use of decontaminating iodine solutions can lead to such contamination due to the presence of DNA from Pseudomonas-like organisms.

