Two Cases of Acanthamoeba Keratitis Treated with Phototherapeutic Keratectomy

Folia Ophthalmologica Japonica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-34

  Masahara, Hidetaka ^a   Maeda, Naoyuki ^b   Goto, Hiroya ^b   Nishida, Kohji ^b   Watanabe, Hitoshi ^b   Tano, Yasuo ^b   Mano, Tomiya ^c  

^a Department of Surgery   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Tane Memorial Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba Keratitis; Corneal Debridement; Excimer Laser; Phototherapeutic Keratectomy (PTK)

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842685872     PISSN: 00155667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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1. Varga JH, Wolf TC et al: Combined treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis with propamidine, neomycine, and polyhexamethylene biguanide. Am J Ophthalmol 115: 466-470, 1993.
2. Larkin DFP, Kilvington S et al: Treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis with polyhexamethylene biguanide. Ophthalmology 99: 185-191, 1992.