Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Double-Biguanide Therapy for Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Aims: To report the clinical and diagnostic findings of a patient with Acanthamoeba keratitis resistant to both polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB)-hexamidine and chlorhexidine-hexamidine treatment. Methods: Slit-lamp biomicroscopy, corneal cell scraping and histopathology were performed on a 39-year...

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Main Authors: Giulio Ferrari, Stanislav Matuska, Paolo Rama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2011-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Acanthamoeba keratitis
Biguanide
Diamidine
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/334270

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