Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with contact lenses; report of three cases in Italy

Parassitologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-40

  Mancino, R ^a   Iori, A ^b   Palma, S ^c   Corsi, A ^a   Cancrini, G ^b   Cerulli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Cosmetic lenses; Italy; Keratitis; Soft contact lenses

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBICIDES; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL ULCER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC;

EID: 0031083578     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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