Infectious keratitis is a potential sight threatening condition. In conventional clinical practice culturing is performed in order to identify the causative microbial organism; however in recent years Next Generation Sequencing for the presence of ribosomal DNA from bacteria, fungi, or amoeba has become available. The present study aims to compare conventional culturing with Next Generation Sequencing for identifying microorganism causing keratitis.
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Number of clinically relevant microorganisms identified using culture or next generation sequencing
Timeframe: 1 year
Comparison of clinically relevant identified microorganisms on a genus level
Timeframe: 1 year