A case of treatment resistant bilateral Acanthamoeba keratitis

Folia Ophthalmologica Japonica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-26

  Mutoh, Tetsuya ^a   Hase, Hideki ^a   Satoh, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kamei, Yuko ^a   Ishibashi, Yasuhisa ^a   Miyanaga, Yoshitaka ^a   Asai, Hiroshi ^b   Uchiyama, Kayo ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic Soft Contact Lenses; Superficial Keratectomy with the Triple Procedures; Triple Procedures

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; MICONAZOLE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE);

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT LENS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032969457     PISSN: 00155667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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