A report of 10 patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis. / Casuística de 10 pacientes con queratitis por Acanthamoeba.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
; 93(10): 497-502, 2018 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-29885816
CLINICAL CASES: Cases are presented of 10 patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis treated between 2008 and 2017. All were contact lens wearers. All of them received treatment with a biguanide combined with a diamidine. In 3 cases the infestation did not exceed the superficial stroma, responding to topical treatment. In 7, the infection reached the deep stroma, with 6 of these cases requiring penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), 3 of them therapeutic PKP because of perforation risk or ocular spreading. The visual acuity improved in all the cases. CONCLUSION: The infestation depth at the time of diagnosis appears to be the main risk factor for requiring a PKP.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Queratitis por Acanthamoeba
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
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Revista:
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
Año:
2018
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Article
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España