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Keratitis due to Acanthamoeba castellani. A clinicopathologic case report.

S N Key, W R Green, E Willaert, A R Stevens, S N Key.   

Abstract

Trophozoites and cysts of amebas were found within the necrotic cornea of an enucleated eye. The organism was identified, by indirect immunofluorescent staining using specific antiserum, to be Acanthamoeba castellani. This case report illustrates the difficulty of clinical diagnosis and typical inefficacy of medical therapy shown in other reports of this rare keratitis.

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Year:  1980        PMID: 7362502     DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1980.01020030471005

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Arch Ophthalmol        ISSN: 0003-9950


  8 in total

Review 1.  Fungal and parasitic infections of the eye.

Authors:  S A Klotz; C C Penn; G J Negvesky; S I Butrus
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2000-10       Impact factor: 26.132

2.  Acanthamoeba keratitis successfully treated medically.

Authors:  P Wright; D Warhurst; B R Jones
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  1985-10       Impact factor: 4.638

Review 3.  Acanthamoeba, an opportunistic microorganism: a review.

Authors:  A J Martinez; K Janitschke
Journal:  Infection       Date:  1985 Nov-Dec       Impact factor: 3.553

4.  Phenothiazine compounds inhibit in vitro growth of pathogenic free-living amoebae.

Authors:  F L Schuster; N Mandel
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  1984-01       Impact factor: 5.191

5.  Acanthamoeba keratitis.

Authors:  R Yeoh; D C Warhurst; M G Falcon
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  1987-07       Impact factor: 4.638

6.  Acanthamoebic keratitis diagnosed by paracentesis and biopsy and treated with propamidine.

Authors:  K McClellan; D J Coster
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  1987-10       Impact factor: 4.638

7.  Isolation of two strains of Acanthamoeba castellanii from human tissue and their pathogenicity and isoenzyme profiles.

Authors:  G S Visvesvara; S S Mirra; F H Brandt; D M Moss; H M Mathews; A J Martinez
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1983-12       Impact factor: 5.948

8.  Acanthamoeba keratitis. A clinicopathological case report.

Authors:  M Hanssens; J F de Jonckheere; C de Meunynck
Journal:  Int Ophthalmol       Date:  1985-03       Impact factor: 2.031

  8 in total

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