Acanthamoeba as a cause of peripheral ulcerative keratitis.
作者信息
Moreira Arun Thomas, Prajna N Venkatesh
机构信息
Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai 625 020, Tamilnadu, India.
出版信息
Cornea. 2003 Aug;22(6):576-7. doi: 10.1097/00003226-200308000-00018.
Abstract
PURPOSE
To report a case of peripheral ulcerative keratitis caused by Acanthamoeba.
METHODS
Case report and review of the literature. A 37-year-old woman with a history of pain and redness of the right eye with no apparent predisposing factors, on examination, revealed a peripheral ulcerative keratitis.
RESULT
Microbiological investigations of the corneal infiltrate revealed Acanthamoeba cysts.
CONCLUSION
All cases of peripheral ulcerative keratitis should be subjected to routine microbiological evaluation including those for Acanthamoeba.
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