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The pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba keratitis [PDF]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, 1991
AbstractMost major eye centres in Australia have now seen patients with corneal infection due to Acanthamoeba. The medical treatment of this condition is difficult; Acanthamoeba isolates show wide variation in their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents and amoebicidal concentrations are difficult to achieve in the cornea.
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High fluence PACK-CXL as adjuvant treatment for advanced Acanthamoeba keratitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2019
Purpose: To describe the outcome of adjuvant high fluence photoactivated chromophore for infectious keratitis cross-linking (PACK-CXL) used to treat an advanced form of refractory Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) diagnosed several months after initial ...
Mehrdad Nateghi Pettersson, Neil Lagali, Jes Mortensen, Victor Jofré, Per Fagerholm   +4 more
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis and Acanthamoeba Conjunctivitis: A Case Report

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2020
Acanthamoeba species are vision-threatening agents by causing cornea infections known as Acanthamoeba keratitis. A 5 year-old kid with the complaints of erythema, eyelid edema, inflammation, limitation of eye movements in the right eye, and having no ...
Oktay ALVER, Mehmet BAYKARA, Merve YÜRÜK, Nazmiye ÜLKÜ TÜZEMEN   +3 more
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

Pathogens, 2021
Acanthamoeba keratitis is an unusual corneal infection that is recently increasing in frequency and is often contracted by contact lens wearers, someone who experienced recent eye trauma, or someone exposed to contaminated waters. Acanthamoeba survive in
Nicholas Fanselow, Nadia Sirajuddin, Xiao-Tang Yin, Andrew J. W. Huang, Patrick M. Stuart   +4 more
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Implantable Drug Delivery Systems for Skeletal Muscles and Eyes

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2026.
This review highlights the different types of recent implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS) fabricated for a use with skeletal muscles, and with eyes. It presents the developments already made and the current research directions, showing the evolution of IDDS and their great diversity.
Serge Ostrovidov, Murugan Ramalingam, Hongkai Wu, Toshinori Fujie, Yukinari Nakamura, Takeshi Hori, Yuji Nashimoto, Xuetao Shi, Hirokazu Kaji   +8 more
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Acanthamoeba and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia keratitis with fungal keratitis in the contralateral eye

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2010
Thomas F Mauger, Rebecca Ann Kuennen, Reynell Harder Smith, William SawyerDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAPurpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the diagnosis, course, and outcome of a case of ...
Thomas F Mauger, Rebecca Ann Kuennen, Reynell Harder Smith, et al   +3 more
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Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty for microbial keratitis in Taiwan from 2001 to 2014

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2020
Purpose: To study the surgical outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPK) for medically uncontrolled microbial keratitis at a tertiary hospital in Taiwan over a 14-year period. Methods: This is a retrospective case series study.
Teck Boon Tew, Hsiao-Sang Chu, Yu-Chih Hou, Wei-Li Chen, I-Jong Wang, Fung-Rong Hu   +5 more
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Acute Purulent Keratitis of Mixed Etiology Developed during Contact Lens Wearing. Clinical Case

Oftalʹmologiâ, 2023
The article presents a description of a clinical case of advanced purulent keratitis of mixed etiology (Pseudomonas aeruginosa + acanthamoeba),  developed as a result of a mode violation of soft contact lens wearing.
Evg. A. Kasparova, N. R. Marchenko, M. N. Narbut, Z. V. Surnina, D. A. Krivolapova   +4 more
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Polyhexanide, Povidone‐Iodine, and Hypochlorous Acid Show High In Vitro Antimicrobial Efficacy Against Pathogens Commonly Associated With Equine Infectious Keratitis

Veterinary Ophthalmology, Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the in vitro antimicrobial activity of specific antiseptics against common equine ocular surface pathogens. Methods Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) (n = 12), Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus (S. zooepidemicus) (n = 9), Enterobacter hormaechei (E. hormaechei) (n = 6), and Bacillus cereus (B.
Leonie Maria Stolle, Hilke Oltmanns, Jessica Meißner, Frederik Heun, Ann‐Kathrin Schieder, Hinrich Tönjes Wolff, Bernhard Ohnesorge, Claudia Busse   +7 more
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[Acanthamoeba keratitis].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 1996
Three patients, women aged 69, 25 and 30 years, with refractory keratitis were found to have a rare infection with Acanthamoeba. All wore soft contact lenses. The frequency of Acanthamoeba keratitis increased in recent years. At present, an efficacious antiprotozoal therapy is available, for instance in the form of polyhexamethylene biguanide and ...
Eggink, C.A., Vaandrager, W., Burger, D.M., Sauerwein, R.W.   +3 more
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