title: [Virologic diagnosis of ocular infections].
abstract: Viral infections of the anterior part of the eye are easy to diagnose as a rule: the inoculation of cell cultures with specimens collected on readily accessible and virus-rich lesions facilitates the isolation of adenoviridae, picornaviridae and herpesviridae responsible for these lesions. Viral infections of the posterior part of the eye are a different matter, and they require more complex and also more invasive investigation techniques. Yet an aetiological research is necessary: since effective antiviral agents with a highly specific mode of action are available, the virus to be eradicated must be identified with great accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire central de bactériologie-virologie, La Pitié, Paris.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ingrand
mesh_terms: D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000382:microbiology; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology; D003315:Cornea / Q000382:microbiology; D015828:Eye Infections, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012160:Retina / Q000382:microbiology; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000382:microbiology