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Br J Ophthalmol 83:622-627 doi:10.1136/bjo.83.5.622
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Diagnosis of viral and chlamydial keratoconjunctivitis: which laboratory test?

Table 3

Applications of PCR in ophthalmic infectious diseases

Causative agent Ocular site Clinical diagnosis Reference
Viruses:
 Adenovirus Conjunctiva KC 67–72
 HSV Tear film keratitis 73, 74
Cornea or conjunctiva keratitis or KC 21, 75, 76
Aqueous uveitis 77, 78
 EV70 Conjunctiva AHC 79
 VZV Aqueous and vitreous retinal necrosis 78
Vitreous ophthalmic zoster 80
 EBV Aqueous and vitreous retinal necrosis 81
Vitreous Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome 82
 CMV Aqueous, subretinal, and vitreous chorioretinal inflammatory disease or retinitis 80, 83, 84
 HPV Conjunctiva conjunctival carcinoma 85
Bacteria:
 C trachomatis Conjunctiva chlamydial conjunctivitis 56,86–95
  Mycobacteria Vitreous and uveal tissue endophthalmitis 96
Parasites:
 Toxoplasma gondii Aqueous and vitreous retinochoroiditis 78
Ocular tissue sections ocular toxoplasmosis 97

  • KC=keratoconjunctivitis; EV70=enterovirus 70; AHC=acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis; VZV=varicella zoster virus; EBV=Epstein–Barr virus; CMV=cytomegalovirus; HPV=human papillomavirus.

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