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Acanthamoeba keratitis due to Acanthamoeba genotype T4 in a non-contact-lens wearer in Turkey.

Parasitology research - 1 Jan 2007

Ertabaklar Hatice, Türk Meral, Dayanir Volkan, Ertuğ Sema, Walochnik Julia

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An otherwise healthy 22-year-old man presented with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in the right eye. He was not a contact lens wearer and had no history of corneal trauma. The Acanthamoeba strain isolated from a corneal scraping was identified as morphological group II and genotype T4. Three more Acanthamoeba strains isolated from sites of possible human contact with acanthamoebae in the same geographical region,...

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PMID: 17013653
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0274-0

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