Chorioretinitis after keratitis caused by Acanthamoeba: Case report and review of the literature

Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2232-2236

  Moshari, Anouche ^a   McLean, Ian W ^a   Dodds, Matthew T ^b   Damiano, Richard E ^c   McEvoy, Peter L ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; METHENAMINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHORIORETINITIS; CORNEA; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENUCLEATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA; RETINA NECROSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; AGED; CHORIORETINITIS; CORNEA; EYE ENUCLEATION; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; REOPERATION; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0035190873     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(01)00765-5     Document Type: Article

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