J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1995 Nov;36(11):2042-2047.
Acanthamoeba Keratitis in Contact Lens Wearer
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Kang-Dong Sacred-Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- We experienced a case of chronic keratitis with corneal ulcer and conjunctival injection while wearing contact lens. In spite of broad-spectrum antibiotics therapy, corneal lesion was not improved, and bacterial smear and culture were negative. Specimens from corneal scraping were examined with Giemsa-Wright stain and H and E(Hematoxylin-Eosin) stain. We could find double walled acanthamoebic cysts. The specimens were cultured on 1.5% non-nutrient agar with E, coli suspension, and aeanthamoebic cysts and trophozoites were found with H and E stain. Aeanthamoebic cysts and trophozoites were cultured from the specimens of ulcered cornea. So we report this case.
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