Acanthamoeba genotype T4 keratitis in a patient with Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis

dc.creatorRodríguez Mena, Diego
dc.creatorRetana Moreira, Lissette
dc.creatorAbrahams Sandí, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-21T16:54:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-13T12:47:48Z
dc.date.available2023-02-21T16:54:57Z
dc.date.available2023-03-13T12:47:48Z
dc.date.created2023-02-21T16:54:57Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.identifierhttp://revista.microbiologos.cr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Revista-Vol-23-N-1-2017.pdf
dc.identifier2215-3713
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10669/88213
dc.identifier803-B4-050
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/6118868
dc.description.abstractA 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 direct microscopic observation, Giemsa stains, cultures in non-nutrient agar and a PCR that amplifies the DF3 fragment of 18S rDNA. The therapeutic use of contact lenses is proposed as the predisposing factor in this case, considering that the patient has a previous damage of the corneal epithelium. This is the first case of amoebic keratitis reported and confirmed in Costa Rica.
dc.languageeng
dc.sourceRevista del Colegio de Microbiólogos y Químicos Clínicos de Costa Rica, 23(1), p. 32-35.
dc.subjectAcanthamoeba genotype T4
dc.subjectKeratitis
dc.subjectThygeson`s superficial punctate epitelial keratitis
dc.subjectFree-living amoeba
dc.subjectGEN
dc.subjectGENÉTICA
dc.subjectPACIENTE
dc.titleAcanthamoeba genotype T4 keratitis in a patient with Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis
dc.typeartículo científico


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