Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi
April 2013
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of Gram-Fungiflora Y double staining for corneal scraping samples collected by impression in diagnosing infectious keratitis.
Subjects And Methods: Two hundred and thirteen eyes of 192 patients suspected of having infectious keratitis were retrospectively studied for the sensitivity and specificity of Gram-Fungiflora Y based on final diagnosis.
Results: Of 165 infectious keratitis eyes, 107 had bacterial keratitis, 54 had fungal keratitis, and 15 had Acanthamoeba keratitis.