Keratitis due to Acanthamoeba castellani
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 98 (3), 475-479
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1980.01020030471005
Abstract
• Trophozoites and cysts of amebas were found within the necrotic cornea of an enucleated eye. The organism was identified, by indirect immunofluorescent staining using specific antiserum, to beAcanthamoeba castellani. This case report illustrates the difficulty of clinical diagnosis and typical inefficacy of medical therapy shown in other reports of this rare keratitis.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Sensitivity ofHartmannella(Acanthamoeba) to5-fluorocytosine, hydroxystilbamidine, and other substancesJournal of Clinical Pathology, 1970
- Isolation of Hartmannella Species from Human ThroatsNew England Journal of Medicine, 1967