Successful culture of Acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis: A first case report from chhattisgarh
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 c...
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| author | Archana B Wankhade Priyadarshini Patro Neeta Mishra Padma Das |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77df8b08c50b4f8896618813841d91042022-12-21T22:59:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632021-01-0110103904390710.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_369_21Successful culture of Acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis: A first case report from chhattisgarhArchana B WankhadePriyadarshini PatroNeeta MishraPadma DasA 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.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2021;volume=10;issue=10;spage=3904;epage=3907;aulast=Wankhadefree living amoebaegranulomatous amebic encephalitis (gae)keratitiskeratoconjunctivitisnn medium |
| spellingShingle | Archana B Wankhade Priyadarshini Patro Neeta Mishra Padma Das Successful culture of Acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis: A first case report from chhattisgarh Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care free living amoebae granulomatous amebic encephalitis (gae) keratitis keratoconjunctivitis nn medium |
| title | Successful culture of Acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis: A first case report from chhattisgarh |
| title_full | Successful culture of Acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis: A first case report from chhattisgarh |
| title_fullStr | Successful culture of Acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis: A first case report from chhattisgarh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful culture of Acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis: A first case report from chhattisgarh |
| title_short | Successful culture of Acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis: A first case report from chhattisgarh |
| title_sort | successful culture of acanthamoeba remains a key towards diagnosis of unusual clinical presentation of keratitis a first case report from chhattisgarh |
| topic | free living amoebae granulomatous amebic encephalitis (gae) keratitis keratoconjunctivitis nn medium |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2021;volume=10;issue=10;spage=3904;epage=3907;aulast=Wankhade |
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