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Acanthamoeba keratitis

Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2022
Niyati Desai, Daniel A. Green, Joseph Kristan, Adela Cimic, Swikrity U. Baskota   +4 more
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The pathogenesis of keratitis

Microbes and Infection, 1999
Free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba produce a progressive, blinding infection of the corneal surface. The pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba keratitis involves parasite-mediated cytolysis and phagocytosis of corneal epithelial cells and induction of programmed cell death. Acanthamoeba spp.
James P. McCulley, Henry Leher, Hassan Alizadeh, Jerry Y. Niederkorn   +3 more
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Prognosis for Keratoplasty in Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Ophthalmology, 1993
Penetrating keratoplasty (PK) was undertaken between 1985-1991 at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 13 eyes (19 PKs) of 11 patients who developed Acanthamoeba keratitis. Infection was ultimately controlled in all cases. Retrospective analysis was undertaken to establish risk factors for PK.
Linda A. Ficker, Colin M Kirkness, Peter Wright   +2 more
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Treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis with chlorhexidine

Ophthalmology, 1999
To evaluate the efficacy of chlorhexidine solution in the treatment of patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis.Prospective nonrandomized study.Five patients infected with culture-proven Acanthamoeba keratitis.Chlorhexidine solution was used hourly on six eyes and gradually reduced to four times a day after 1 month.
Panida Kosrirukvongs, Govinda S. Visvesvara, Darawan Wanachiwanawin   +2 more
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Clinical and molecular diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis in contact lens wearers in southern Brazil reveals the presence of an endosymbiont

Parasitology Research, 2022
Denise Leal dos Santos, V. Virginio, F. Berté, K. Lorenzatto, D. Marinho, S. Kwitko, C. Locatelli, E. C. Freitas, M. Rott   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Advances in the management of Acanthamoeba keratitis: A review of the literature and synthesized algorithmic approach.

The ocular surface, 2022
Aaron R. Kaufman, E. Tu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acanthamoeba keratitis in the south of Sweden

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 1996
Abstract. Eight patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis were diagnosed and treated at our clinic between February 1991 and February 1993. Five of these were contact lens wearers, two had suffered recent corneal trauma and one had recently undergone penetrating keratoplasty.
Katalin Kiss, Ingrid Florén, Håkan Miörner, Ulf Stenevi, Angelika Skarin   +4 more
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Ophthalmology, 1993
The treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis has been increasingly successful as diagnoses are made earlier. The authors investigated features of the disease and prognosis in a consecutive series of 15 patients who were treated within 1 month of initial symptoms.A database of patients with Acanthamoeba infection presenting between March 1984 and March 1992 ...
Melville M. Matheson, Peter Wright, Linda A. Ficker, John K G Dart, Annette S Bacon   +4 more
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The Risk Factors and Clinical Features of Acanthamoeba Keratitis: First Time Detection of Acanthamoeba T5 Genotype from Keratitis Patients in Turkey

Acta Parasitologica, 2022
Derya Dirim Erdoğan, M. Aykur, Nur Selvi Gunel, M. Palamar, Ozlem Barut Selver, B. Ozel, A. Yağcı, C. Gunduz, H. Dağcı   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Antiinfektiöse medikamentöse Therapie in der Augenheilkunde - Teil 4: Akanthamöben

, 2006
T. Reinhard, W. Behrens-Baumann, Acanthamoeba Keratitis, Schlsselwrter Akanthamben, Keratitis · Hornhautinfiltrat, Hornhautulkus · Keratoplastik   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source