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Acanthamoeba keratitis related to contact lens use in a tertiary hospital in China

2019-10-12

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<h4>Background: </h4> To report the clinical and microbiological features of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) related to contact lens use in a tertiary hospital in China. <h4>Methods:</h4> In this retrospective study, the medical results of 61 cases of AK related to contact lens use from January 2000 to December 2017 were reviewed. The data included patients’ demographics, lens type, history, risk factors, disease stag...

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Literature Corpus work: e64c83fe-bc8b-5f4e-b3b2-0ad9bb2ca7b0
DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.10315/v3

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