Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Case Report
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
;
: 538-543, 1992.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-117944
ABSTRACT
We experienced chronic relapsing central corneal ulcer and chronic conjunctivitis with mucoid discharge. Both patients were transfered to our hospital because of no improvement with long term treatment of broad spectrum antibiotics topically and systemically Specimens from corneal scraping and conjunctival mucoid discharge were examined with calcofluor white staining method. We could find a narrow rim of light green colored cystic wall and orange red colored cytoplasm in dark field fluorescent microscopy in both cases, and those were diagnosed as Acnthamoebic cyst by pathologist. We couldn't find any report about ocular Aanthamoeba infections in Korea. To our knowledge, this is the first case report about ocular Acanthamoebic infections in Korea.
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Main subject:
Acanthamoeba
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis
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Corneal Ulcer
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Conjunctivitis
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Cytoplasm
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Citrus sinensis
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Korea
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Methyl Green
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Microscopy
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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