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[Case report: Acanthamoeba keratitis].

Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi - 1 Jan 2009

Ertabaklar Hatice, Dayanir Volkan, Apaydin Pinar, Ertuğ Sema, Walochnik Julia

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Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is an opportunistic protozoan infection caused by the pathogenic Acanthamoeba and associated with soft contact lens wear. If untreated, it can cause serious visual disability. A 23 year-old female wearing soft contact lenses applied to the Department of Ophthalmology of the Aydin Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, with symptoms of redness, pain and blurred vision of both...

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