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Case series: Delayed diagnoses of Acanthamoeba keratitis
PURPOSE: To describe two cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis in contact lens wearers misdiagnosed as Herpes simplex keratitis. OBSERVATIONS: Case 1 is a 54-year-old male that was misdiagnosed with Herpes simplex keratitis who developed advanced Acanthamoeba keratitis. His treatment course was complex an...
Autores principales: | Lee, Moon Jeong, Srikumaran, Divya, Zafar, Sidra, Salehi, Mahsa, Liu, Tiffany S., Woreta, Fasika A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7298357/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32566802 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100778 |
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