Corneal scraping, tear samples and . Various investigative modalities [Table 1] supplement the clinical diagnosis and provide supportive evidence for planning therapy. . Sharma S, Kunimoto DY, Gopinathan U, Athmanathan S, Garg P, Rao GN. Evaluation of corneal scraping smear examination methods in the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal keratitis: A survey of eight years of laboratory experience.

All the corneal scraping specimens which were found positive for the presence of viral antigen (n = 12) were also positive by impression cytology . A smear made from corneal scraping obtained from a patient with HSK showing the presence of corneal epithelial cells positive for viral antigen . NCBI > Literature > PubMed Central (PMC) Write to the Help Desk. External link. Please review our privacy policy. NLM. NIH.

Corneal ulcer, or ulcerative keratitis, . Corneal ulcers are a common human eye disease. They are caused by trauma, particularly with vegetable matter, as well as chemical injury, contact lenses and infections. . Doing a corneal scraping and examining under the microscope with stains like Gram's and KOH preparation may reveal the bacteria and fungi respectively.

selected for corneal scrape smear for KOH To study the incidence and types of fungi involved. . Quick Response Code: Website: DOI: 15 July 2014 Haldar N, Ghosh A, Mandal K. . Materials and Methods: In the above cases corneal scraping was 4, seventy eight (78) patients were diagnosed as Mycotic keratitis and KOH preparation positive (fungal hyphae detected).

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Keratitis: A rare fungus from Eastern India Suman Saha1,3, Jayangshu Sengupta2 . Microbiological examination of corneal scraping showed fungal hyphae and yeast cells in direct smear. Molecular identification of the organism was performed which showed 100% homology with . are necessary to understand the disease and establish a treatment protocol. Key words: Keratitis, Rhodotorula sp, Polymerase chain reaction Rhodotorula sp. is a pigmented yeast belonging to .

ICD-9 Procedure Codes effective 10/1/2009 (v27.0) Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services . 110 Magnet removal cornea FB 111 Corneal incision 1121 Corneal scrape for smear 1122 Corneal biopsy 1129 Corneal dx proc NEC 1131 Pterygium transposition 1132 Pteryg exc w cornea grft 1139 Pterygium excision NEC 1141 Mech remov cornea epith

following confocal microscopy diagnostic codes: Acantha-moeba,possible Acanthamoeba, ruleout Acanthamoeba,chronic keratitis, contact lens keratitis, corneal ulcer, . Superficial Corneal Sampling Corneal scraping for smear and culture was recom- . disease resolution with anti-Acanthamoeba treatment in which disease is defined as positive on the basis of

Skin scraping and a potassium hydroxide mount Sachin M Kurade 1, Sangeeta A Amladi 1, Autar K Miskeen 2 1 Department of Dermatology, . Diagnostic cytology involves various methods like aspiration cytology, imprint smears, skin scraping smear and Tzanck smear. In dermatology, a potassium hydroxide (KOH) . very good corneal scraping (deep scraping) .

. EYE CULTURE AND GRAM STAIN General Information Lab Order Codes: EYEC Synonyms: Culture, Eye; Culture, Conjunctiva; Culture, Cornea CPT Codes: 87070 – Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates 87205 – Smear, primary source with interpretation; Gram or Giemsa . Corneal scraping: 1. Procedure performed by ophthalmologist. 2. Contact Microbiology for media for direct inoculation.