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Acanthamoeba genotype T4 keratitis in a patient with Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis
(2017-01)
A case of amoebic keratitis due to Acanthamoeba genotype T4 is reported. The patient is a 74-year old
woman with Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis. Corneal scrapings were employed for the diagnosis, which included ...
Genotypic diversity of Acanthamoeba strains isolated from Chilean patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)
Effectiveness of sampling methods employed for Acanthamoeba keratitis diagnosis by culture
(Springer Netherlands, 2019)
Twenty Years of Acanthamoeba Keratitis
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2009)
Purpose: We described the rate of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in a referral eye center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, through a retrospective review of clinical and laboratorial records of patients over 2 decades. Methods: From ...
Twenty Years of Acanthamoeba Keratitis
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009-06-01)
Purpose: We described the rate of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in a referral eye center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, through a retrospective review of clinical and laboratorial records of patients over 2 decades.Methods: From 1987 ...
Queratitis por acantoamoeba tratadas con propamidina y polihexametil biguanida (PHMB)
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2002)
Effectiveness of sampling methods employed for Acanthamoeba keratitis diagnosis by culture
(Springer Netherlands, 2019)
© 2018, Springer Nature B.V.Purpose: This retrospective, observational study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the sampling methods commonly used for the collection of corneal scrapes for the diagnosis of ...
Serine-like proteolytic enzymes correlated with differential pathogenicity in patients with acute Acanthamoeba keratitis
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011)
P>Acute ocular infection due to free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba is characterized by severe pain, loss of corneal transparency and, eventually, blindness. Proteolytic enzymes secreted by trophozoites of virulent ...
Genotyping, physiological features and proteolytic activities of a potentially pathogenic Acanthamoeba sp isolated from tap water in Brazil
(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2009)
Acanthamoeba spp., known to cause keratitis and granulomatous encephalitis in humans, are frequently isolated from a variety of water sources. Here we report for the first time the characterization of an Acanthamoeba sp. ...