Bilateral Acanthamoeba ulcer in a user of disposable soft contact lenses: a tragic incident or a consequence of the aggressive policy of soft contact lens trading?;Úlcera bilateral por Acanthamoeba em usuária de lentes de contato gelatinosas descartáveis: um incidente trágico ou uma conseqüência da política agressiva de venda de lentes de contato gelatinosas?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 430-433

  Sousa, Sidney Júlio de Faria e ^a   Dias, Vanderson Glerian ^a   Marcomini, Luís Antonio Gorla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Adult; Case reports Publication type ; Contact lenses, hydrophilic; Corneal ulcer; Eye infections; Female; Human

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARKETING; PARASITOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARKETING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149094440     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492008000300025     Document Type: Article

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