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Successful culture of Acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis: A first case report from chhattisgarh.
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Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care . Oct2021, Vol. 10 Issue 10, p3904-3907. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A fifty-nine-year-old female with corneal ulcer with a history of trauma in the past having clinical presentation of fungal keratitis visited the Ophthalmology outpatient department with a history of redness, watering, pain and white discoloration of the right eye cornea for two months. Sample was cultured on non-nutrient agar medium and revealed Acanthamoeba. Patient was managed with Chlorhexidine eye drop and keratoplasty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SYMPTOMS
*DIAGNOSIS
*KERATITIS
*ACANTHAMOEBA
*FUNGAL keratitis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22494863
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154022039
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_369_21