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Comparison of Results from Culture of Corneal Scraping and Microscopy or Biopsy of Corneal Tissue for Contact Lens-Related Fungal Keratitis (n=293)
| Microscopy of Corneal Scraping Specimen |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Corneal Culture | Not Performed | Negative | Positive |
| Not performed | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Negative | 2 | 7* | 15 |
| Positive | 55 | 124 | 81 |
These cases were diagnosed by confocal microscopy (n = 5) or corneal biopsy (n = 2).
