first report of hartmannella keratitis in a cosmetic soft contact lens wearer in iran.
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background: poor hygiene will provide good condition for corneal infections by opportunistic free-living amoebae (fla) in soft contact lens wearers. in the present study an amoebic keratitis due to hartmannella has been recognized in a 22-year-old girl with a history of improper soft contact lens use. she had unilateral keratitis on her left eye. her clinical signs were eye pain, redness, blurred vision and photophobia.the round cysts of free-living amoebae were identified in non-nutrient agar medium by light microscopy. these cysts were suspected to be hartmannella using morphological criteria. a pcr assay has been confirmed that the round cysts were belonged to h. vermiformis.
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First Report of Hartmannella keratitis in a Cosmetic Soft Contact Lens Wearer in Iran
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iranian journal of parasitologyجلد ۸، شماره ۳، صفحات ۴۸۱-۴۸۵
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