Acanthamoeba keratitis: risk factors and outcome.
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Acanthamoeba keratitis: risk factors and outcome.
AIMS/BACKGROUND This study was initiated to investigate risk factors for and outcome of Acanthamoeba keratitis. METHODS Results of treatment were studied in 22 patients (23 eyes) presenting to Bristol Eye Hospital between 1985 and February 1995. Details related to the use and disinfection of contact lenses were also obtained. An additional two patients who were seen at Bristol but mainly trea...
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AIM To determine the incidence, regional variation in frequency, outcome, and risk factors for acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in England and Wales. METHODS AK cases presenting from 1 October 1997 to 30 September 1999 were identified by the British Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit active reporting system. Clinical and patient postal questionnaire data were analysed. RESULTS 106 reported cases met s...
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Three patients, women aged 69, 25 and 30 years, with refractory keratitis were found to have a rare infection with Acanthamoeba. All wore soft contact lenses. The frequency of Acanthamoeba keratitis increased in recent years. At present, an efficacious antiprotozoal therapy is available, for instance in the form of polyhexamethylene biguanide and propamidine. In cases of refractory keratitis, t...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.79.12.1078