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Can Acanthamoeba keratitis be properly diagnosed without culture in the real-world clinical microbiology laboratory?: a case report

Annals of Clinical Microbiology
Acanthamoeba species are ubiquitous, free-living organisms found in the environment. They can cause a sight-threatening cornea disease, termed Acanthamoeba keratitis, and are often misdiagnosed, causing delayed administration of the correct treatment ...
Bosung Park, Ho Seok Chung, Eun Jeong Won, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim   +4 more
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Concomitant Potentially Contagious Factors Detected in Poland and Regarding Acanthamoeba Strains, Etiological Agents of Keratitis in Humans

Microorganisms
Background: Diseases in humans caused by amphizoic amoebae that can result in visual impairment and even blindness, have recently been identified more frequently worldwide.
Lidia Chomicz, Jacek P. Szaflik, Agnieszka Kuligowska, David Bruce Conn, Wanda Baltaza, Beata Szostakowska, Paweł J. Zawadzki, Monika Dybicz, Anna Machalińska, Konrad Perkowski, Anna Bajer, Jerzy Szaflik   +11 more
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Diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis-A report of four cases and review of literature

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1990
Acanthamoeba keratitis is not reported often in India. We reported the first case diagnosed in this country a year back. In this communication, four more cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis diagnosed since then are being reported along with a brief review of
Sharma Savitri, Srinivasan M, George Celine   +2 more
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Severe reactive ischemic posterior segment inflammation in Acanthamoeba keratitis [PDF]

, 2017
Christoph Palme, Bernhard Steger, Gertrud Haas, Barbara Teuchner, Nikolaos E. Bechrakis   +4 more
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three cases of acanthamoeba keratitis (Ak) in Yazd

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2006
Acanthamoeba keratitis is a vision- threatening infection and the most important risk factors are contact lenses Characteristic symptoms include disproportionately severe ocular pain, epithelial ulcer, ring stromal infiltrate and resistance to ...
MR Shoja
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Acanthamoeba keratitis. [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1992
D P Casemore, D C Warhurst
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Acanthamoeba keratitis in Iceland from 1996-2021 [PDF]

Sigurros Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg Hilmarsdóttir, Daniel Alexandersso, Gunnar Már Zoëga   +3 more
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A Descriptive Review of Balamuthia and Non-Keratitis Acanthamoeba Cases in the United States, 1955-2009

, 2022
Melanie Moser
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis Risk Factors for Daily Wear Contact Lens Users [PDF]

, 2022
Nicole Carnt, Darwin Minassian, John Dart   +2 more
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Contact lens associated microbial keratitis: practical considerations for the optometrist

Clinical Optometry, 2016
Aaron B Zimmerman, Alex D Nixon, Erin M Rueff College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAAbstract: Microbial keratitis (MK) is a corneal condition that encompasses several different pathogens and etiologies.
Zimmerman AB, Nixon AD, Rueff EM
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