Table 1
Summary of culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results
| Rabbit | Eye | Inoculation on day 0 | Day 4 | Days 5–12 | Days 13–17 | Days 18–21 | Days 22–28 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Culture | Scrape PCR | Swab PCR | Culture | Scrape PCR | Swab PCR | Culture | Scrape PCR | Swab PCR | Culture | Scrape PCR | Swab PCR | Culture | Scrape PCR | Swab PCR | |||||||||
| 1 | R | Fusarium | − | + | + | + | +/+ | + | − | + | + | −/− | + | + | |||||||||
| 2 | L | Fusarium | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | |||||||||
| 3 | L | Fusarium | − | −x | + | − | −x | −x | + | +/+ | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | ||||||
| 3 | R | Control | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | +x | |||||||||
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↵These eyes received 1 mg of subconjunctival triamcinolone at the time of inoculation.
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↵The control cornea was injected with broth on day 0 and thenCandida on day 14.
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+ Indicates a positive result for the presence of Fusariumby culture or PCR; − indicates a negative result for the presence ofFusarium by culture or PCR; −x indicates a false negative PCR result; +x indicates a false positive PCR result.
