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Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Single-Institution Series of Four Cases With Literature Review

Acanthamoeba species are free-living protozoa found pervasively in water and soil, which can cause infections of the central nervous system, skin, and eye. Amoebic keratitis (AK) is a vision-threatening, often chronic infection that is associated with the use of soft contact lenses due to corneal mi...

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Autores principales: Smith, Clarissa, Ashraf, Nida, Haghnegahdar, Megan, Goins, Kenneth, Newman, Jessica R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8830394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35165570
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21112