Factors Associated With Laboratory Test Negativity Following a Transition in Specimen Collection in Microbial Keratitis Cases

CONCLUSION: More microbial keratitis associated laboratory tests are being taken over time. Over 60% of tests were negative by 2022. Factors associated with negative laboratory test results included pretreatment with antibiotics and specimens collected with the new collection method.PMID:38179803 | DOI:10.1080/02713683.2023.2294700

Source: Current Eye Research - January 5, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Keith D Miller Avi Toiv Callie Deng Ming-Chen Lu Leslie M Niziol Jenna N Hart Eric Sherman Shahzad I Mian Paul R Lephart Alan Sugar Linda Kang Maria A Woodward Source Type: research