The Result of Isnlation of Herps Simplex Virus with Viral Culture Method in Herpes Simplex Keratitis. |
Dong Cheol Kim, Myung Kyoo Ko, Young Tae Kim |
1Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. 2Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. |
단순포진성 각막염환자에서 바이러스 배양검사 성적 |
김동철(Dong Cheol Kim),고명규(Myung Kyoo Ko),김영태(Young Tae Kim) |
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Abstract |
In diagnostic methods of herpes simplex keratitis are included clinical appearance, cytology, viral culture, immunofluorescent technique, and identification with electron microscopy. We studied isolation rate of virus with viral culture method from 44 eyes that was clinically diagnosed as herpes simplex keratitis. Herpes simplex virus was isolated from 24 eyes among 44 eyes(56.8%). The result of viral culture showed a high positive isolation rates in superficial keratitis(72.0%) and relatively low rates in stromal keratitis(36.8%). The positive isolation rate was high in cases of short duration after the onset of herpes simplex keratitis. It is suggested that virus isolation with viral culture method is a relatively sensitive, simple, and highly specific method for the diagnosis of herpes simplex keratitis. |
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