Evaluación de la inmunofluorescncia directa para el diagnostico de la querartitis herpética
- C. Ruiz 1
- F. Labella 1
- J.A. Durán
- M.T. Garea 2
- J.M. López 2
- M. Parafita
- 1 Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Escuela Profesional de Oftalmología
- 2 Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Escuela Profesional de Oftalmología, Departamento de Microbiología
ISSN: 0365-6691
Year of publication: 1991
Volume: 60
Issue: 2
Pages: 177-182
Type: Article
More publications in: Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia
Abstract
The direct immunofluorescence (IF-D) method for diagnosis of herpetic keratitis was evaluated in 50 eyes with corneal pathology. The clinical picture and the response to the treatment was compared with the IF-D results in order to establish the sensitivity and specificity of the test. From our results we conclude that IF-D is a reliable, simple and rapid method, with a high specificity and acceptable sensitivity, that can be useful for diagnosis of visual forms of herpetic keratitis.