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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...
Autores principales: | Smith, Clarissa, Ashraf, Nida, Haghnegahdar, Megan, Goins, Kenneth, Newman, Jessica R |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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