First cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis in Slovakia

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 335-341

  Ondriska, František ^a   Mrva, Martin ^b   Lichvár, Martin ^c   Žiak, Peter ^d   Murgašová, Zuzana ^e   Nohýnková, Eva ^f  

^a HPL spol s ro   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c Hospital and Polyclinic   (Slovakia)

^d University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^e FACULTY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba sp. group II; Acanthamoeba sp. group III. Acanthamoeba lugdunensis; Contact lenses; Corneal scrapes; Cyst; Keratitis; Thermal pool; Trauma of cornea; Trophozoit

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; TAP WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ACANTHAMOEBA LUDGUNENSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENUCLEATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLOVAKIA; SWIMMING POOL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYSTS; SLOVAKIA; SWIMMING POOLS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA LUGDUNENSIS; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; HERPES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 11244335641     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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