Atypical presentation of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 757-759

  Tabin, Geoffrey ^a   Taylor, Hugh ^b   Snibson, Grant ^b   Murchison, Ann ^a   Gushchin, Anna ^a   Rogers, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Madigan Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Atypical; Diagnosis; Painless

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PREDNISOLONE; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; SCOPOLAMINE; TRIFLURIDINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CORNEA; HUMANS; MALE; SWIMMING; WATER;

EID: 0035737907     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200110000-00017     Document Type: Article

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