Acanthamoeba keratitis: A parasite on the rise

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 701-706

  Thebpatiphat, Nuthida ^a   Hammersmith, Kristin M ^a,b   Rocha, Fabiano N ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Ayres, Brandon D ^a   Laibson, Peter R ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Contact lens

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; EYE DROPS; GRAMICIDIN; ITRACONAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NEOSPORIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POLYMYXIN B; PROPAMIDINE; WELL WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA STROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIGUANIDES; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34447538186     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31805b7e63     Document Type: Article

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