Different Outcomes of Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Case Series

Acanthamoeba keratitis is a potentially sight-threatening infection of the cornea that can lead to blindness. Over the past few decades, there has been a rise in the reported cases worldwide, which is in line with the increase of contact lens wearers. Here, we present three cases of Acanthamoeba ker...

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Autores principales: Lin, Hui, Khaliddin, Nurliza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Ophthalmology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10692316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38046722
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48129
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description Acanthamoeba keratitis is a potentially sight-threatening infection of the cornea that can lead to blindness. Over the past few decades, there has been a rise in the reported cases worldwide, which is in line with the increase of contact lens wearers. Here, we present three cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis with different outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-106923162023-12-03 Different Outcomes of Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Case Series Lin, Hui Khaliddin, Nurliza Cureus Ophthalmology Acanthamoeba keratitis is a potentially sight-threatening infection of the cornea that can lead to blindness. Over the past few decades, there has been a rise in the reported cases worldwide, which is in line with the increase of contact lens wearers. Here, we present three cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis with different outcomes. Cureus 2023-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10692316/ /pubmed/38046722 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48129 Text en Copyright © 2023, Lin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lin, Hui
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title Different Outcomes of Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Case Series
title_full Different Outcomes of Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Case Series
title_fullStr Different Outcomes of Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Different Outcomes of Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Case Series
title_short Different Outcomes of Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Case Series
title_sort different outcomes of acanthamoeba keratitis: a case series
topic Ophthalmology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10692316/
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