Acanthamoeba Keratitis in Contact Lens Wearer.
- Author:
Jung June KIM
1
;
Mi Kyoung KIM
;
In Won PARK
;
Ha Bum LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Kang-Dong Sacred-Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acanthamoeba;
Contact lens wearer;
Corneal ulcer;
Giemsa-Wright stain;
H and E stain
- MeSH:
Acanthamoeba Keratitis*;
Acanthamoeba*;
Agar;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Cornea;
Corneal Ulcer;
Keratitis;
Trophozoites;
Ulcer
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1995;36(11):2042-2047
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We experienced a case of chronic keratitis with corneal ulcer and conjunctival injection while wearing contact lens. In spite of broad-spectrum antibiotics therapy, corneal lesion was not improved, and bacterial smear and culture were negative. Specimens from corneal scraping were examined with Giemsa-Wright stain and H and E(Hematoxylin-Eosin) stain. We could find double walled acanthamoebic cysts. The specimens were cultured on 1.5% non-nutrient agar with E, coli suspension, and aeanthamoebic cysts and trophozoites were found with H and E stain. Aeanthamoebic cysts and trophozoites were cultured from the specimens of ulcered cornea. So we report this case.
