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Culture Negative Confoscan Positive Acanthamoeba Keratitis : A relentless course

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2009
Acanthamoeba keratitis is a protozoal infection of the eye, mainly due to the use of non-sterile solutions, like saline for disinfecting contact lenses. We report a case where delay in the diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis due to inadequate laboratory ...
Nadia S Al Kharousi, Upender K Wali
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The Microbial Trojan Horse and Antimicrobial Resistance: Acanthamoeba as an Environmental Reservoir for Multidrug Resistant Bacteria

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2025.
Bacteria associated with Acanthamoeba exhibit greater antibiotic resistance than those from sediment and, on average, show a higher likelihood of multi‐antibiotic tolerance, reflected in significantly elevated multiple‐antibiotic resistance (MAR) index values.
Ronnie Mooney, Erin Corbett, Elisa Giammarini, Kiri Rodgers, Carla Donet, Ernest Mui, Arhama T. A. Ansari, Ayush Ransingh, Pradnya S. Vernekar, Harleen K. Walia, Jyoti Sharma, John Connolly, Andrew Hursthouse, Suparna Mukherji, Soumyo Mukherji, Fiona L. Henriquez   +15 more
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Ceratite por acanthamoeba: relato de um caso em Florianópolis - Santa Catarina. [PDF]

, 1999
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Saúde Pública, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis ...
Werner, Pedro Paulo
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Review of epidemiological features, microbiological diagnosis and treatment outcome of microbial keratitis: Experience of over a decade

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009
Purpose : To review the epidemiological characteristics, microbiological profile, and treatment outcome of patients with suspected microbial keratitis.
Gopinathan Usha, Sharma Savitri, Garg Prashant, Rao Gullapalli   +3 more
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Non-Acanthamoeba amebic keratitis

, 1998
Purpose. To describe the clinical presentation and outcome of two cases with presumed non-Acanthamoeba amebic keratitis. Methods. Case reports. Results. Both patients presented with typical symptoms and signs of Acanthamoeba keratitis. The patients' soft
Lloyd, J., Dua, H.S., Azuara-Blanco, A.; id_orcid, Hossain, M.   +3 more
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Аcanthamoeba keratitis and outcomes of the treatment (clinical cases)

Oftalʹmologiâ, 2016
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) — corneal inflammation caused by protozoa — Acanthamoeba. The disease is related mainly with wearing of contact lens, pathogen — Acanthamoeba penetrates under the contact lenses.
M. M. Bikbov, V. K. Surkova, E. L. Usubov, N. A. Nikitin   +3 more
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Steroid sensitive Acanthamoeba keratitis

, 1991
A 44-year-old woman with proven Acanthamoeba keratitis was successfully treated medically with resultant 6/9 vision. During the treatment, repeated attempts to titrate the patient off topical corticosteroids resulted in recurrent flare-up of inflammatory
Hirst L.W., Whitby R.M., Stallard K., Horsburgh B., Carey T., Nimmo G.   +5 more
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Microbial keratitis in East Africa: why are the outcomes so poor? [PDF]

, 2011
PURPOSE: Microbial keratitis (MK) is a major cause of blindness in Africa. This study reports the epidemiology, causative organism, management and outcome of MK in people admitted to a large referral hospital in Northern Tanzania, and explores why the ...
Oates, Francesca, Pithuwa, Jason, Chevallier, Caroline, Anthony B. Hall, Okello, Emily, Afwamba, Issac, Burton, Matthew J, Jason Pithuwa, Emily Okello, Matthew J. Burton, Jecinta J. Onyango, Onyango, Jecinta J, Caroline Chevallier, Issac Afwamba, Hall, Anthony B, Francesca Oates   +15 more
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Comparative genomic analysis of Acanthamoeba from different sources and horizontal transfer events of antimicrobial resistance genes

mSphere
Acanthamoeba species are among the most common free-living amoeba and ubiquitous protozoa, mainly distributed in water and soil, and cause Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) and severe visual impairment in patients.
Xinyi Ling, Xiaobin Gu, Yue Shen, Chunyan Fu, Yumei Zhou, Yiling Yin, Yanqiu Gao, Yiwei Zhu, Yongliang Lou, Meiqin Zheng   +9 more
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The possibility of Differentiation Acanthamoeba Strains from the Infected Cornea by EcoR1 Enzyme

پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2000
Acanthamoeba keratitis is increasingly being diagnosed among people who wear thrapeutic and cosmetic contact lenses. The chain of events is thought to begin with contamination of the contact lens storage cases with Acanthamoeba from household or mains ...
Siavash Sadeghian
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