Do Pathogens from Corneal Scraping Show Their True Colours Better in Bactec Bottles?
Corneal Scrape Specimen into Bactec Bottle
Abstract
Identification of causative organisms of clinically suspected microbial keratitis is very important so that appropriate targeted antimicrobial treatment can be offered to patients. The current routine method of corneal scraping specimens on to multiple agar culture plates for microbiological study is not really providing encouraging result. Our trial of modified technique of using BACTEC broth for three clinically suspected microbial keratitis cases worked 100% to identify the causative organisms in cases of microbial keratitis.
Keywords :
cornea,
culture media,
keratitis,
Abstrak
Pengenalpastian jenis organisma dalam kes jangkitan ulser kornea adalah sangat penting supaya rawatan antibiotik yang sesuai dapat diberikan kepada pesakit. Kaedah konvensional dengan menggunakan kultur plat tidak memberi hasil kajian yang memberangsangkan. Percubaan kami dengan teknik yang diubahsuai menggunakan campuran cecair BACTEC untuk mengenal pasti organisma dalam tiga kes jangkitan ulser kornea memberi keputusan cemerlang 100%.
Kata Kunci :
keratitis,
kornea,
medium kultur,
Correspondance Address
Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +603-91455981 Fax: +603-9145 6733 E-mail: aidazahidin@gmail.com
