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Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis
AIMS: To report the clinical and diagnostic findings of a patient with Acanthamoeba keratitis resistant to both polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB)-hexamidine and chlorhexidine-hexamidine treatment. METHODS: Slit-lamp biomicroscopy, corneal cell scraping and histopathology were performed on a 39-year...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3238035/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000334270 |
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author | Ferrari, Giulio Matuska, Stanislav Rama, Paolo |
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description | AIMS: To report the clinical and diagnostic findings of a patient with Acanthamoeba keratitis resistant to both polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB)-hexamidine and chlorhexidine-hexamidine treatment. METHODS: Slit-lamp biomicroscopy, corneal cell scraping and histopathology were performed on a 39-year-old woman presenting with corneal ulcer in her left eye. RESULTS: The patient was successfully treated with PHMB-chlorhexidine association therapy. Subsequent perforating keratoplasty remained clear at the last follow-up visit after 7 months and increased visual acuity to 20/20 with correction. CONCLUSIONS: This case emphasizes the proteiform aspects of Acanthamoeba drug resistance, and suggests that PHMB-chlorhexidine association might represent an additional option for cases resistant to standard therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-32380352011-12-15 Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis Ferrari, Giulio Matuska, Stanislav Rama, Paolo Case Rep Ophthalmol Published: November, 2011 AIMS: To report the clinical and diagnostic findings of a patient with Acanthamoeba keratitis resistant to both polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB)-hexamidine and chlorhexidine-hexamidine treatment. METHODS: Slit-lamp biomicroscopy, corneal cell scraping and histopathology were performed on a 39-year-old woman presenting with corneal ulcer in her left eye. RESULTS: The patient was successfully treated with PHMB-chlorhexidine association therapy. Subsequent perforating keratoplasty remained clear at the last follow-up visit after 7 months and increased visual acuity to 20/20 with correction. CONCLUSIONS: This case emphasizes the proteiform aspects of Acanthamoeba drug resistance, and suggests that PHMB-chlorhexidine association might represent an additional option for cases resistant to standard therapy. S. Karger AG 2011-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3238035/ /pubmed/22174703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000334270 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions. |
spellingShingle | Published: November, 2011 Ferrari, Giulio Matuska, Stanislav Rama, Paolo Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis |
title | Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis |
title_full | Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis |
title_fullStr | Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis |
title_full_unstemmed | Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis |
title_short | Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis |
title_sort | double-biguanide therapy for resistant acanthamoeba keratitis |
topic | Published: November, 2011 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3238035/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000334270 |
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