What is the best therapeutic scheme for Acanthamoeba keratitis?
Acanthamoeba keratitis is a sight-threatening disease that carries a favorable prognosis when diagnosed and treated early in the disease course. In some countries, the disease is more common than fungal keratitis, thus showing the importance of knowing and understanding this intriguing infec...
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| author | Denise de Freitas Fabio Ramos de Souza Carvalho |
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| description | Acanthamoeba keratitis is a sight-threatening disease that carries
a favorable prognosis when diagnosed and treated early in the disease
course. In some countries, the disease is more common than fungal
keratitis, thus showing the importance of knowing and understanding
this intriguing infection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7bdea1e7ac144a81ad66a2334b4293002022-12-22T03:42:04ZengPan-American Association of OphthalmologyVision Pan-America2219-46652219-46732014-09-01133788110.15324/vpa.v13i3.211139What is the best therapeutic scheme for Acanthamoeba keratitis?Denise de Freitas0Fabio Ramos de Souza Carvalho1Associated Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Paulista School of Medicina, São Paulo Hospital, Federal University of São Paulo.Affiliated Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Paulista School of Medicina, São Paulo Hospital, Federal University of São Paulo.Acanthamoeba keratitis is a sight-threatening disease that carries a favorable prognosis when diagnosed and treated early in the disease course. In some countries, the disease is more common than fungal keratitis, thus showing the importance of knowing and understanding this intriguing infection.http://journals.sfu.ca/paao/index.php/journal/article/view/211keratitisAcanthamoebatherapy. |
| spellingShingle | Denise de Freitas Fabio Ramos de Souza Carvalho What is the best therapeutic scheme for Acanthamoeba keratitis? Vision Pan-America keratitis Acanthamoeba therapy. |
| title | What is the best therapeutic scheme for Acanthamoeba keratitis? |
| title_full | What is the best therapeutic scheme for Acanthamoeba keratitis? |
| title_fullStr | What is the best therapeutic scheme for Acanthamoeba keratitis? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What is the best therapeutic scheme for Acanthamoeba keratitis? |
| title_short | What is the best therapeutic scheme for Acanthamoeba keratitis? |
| title_sort | what is the best therapeutic scheme for acanthamoeba keratitis |
| topic | keratitis Acanthamoeba therapy. |
| url | http://journals.sfu.ca/paao/index.php/journal/article/view/211 |
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