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SUBMITTER: Alver O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311811 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alver Oktay O Baykara Mehmet M YÜrÜk Merve M TÜzemen Nazmiye ÜlkÜ NÜ
Iranian journal of parasitology 20200401 2
<i>Acanthamoeba</i> species are vision-threatening agents by causing cornea infections known as <i>Acanthamoeba</i> keratitis. A 5 year-old kid with the complaints of erythema, eyelid edema, inflammation, limitation of eye movements in the right eye, and having no history of wearing contact lenses or trauma, was diagnosed of <i>Acanthamoeba</i> conjunctivitis through laboratory examinations in the Ophthalmology clinic. The visual sharpness of the patient improved after the treatment. A 44 year-o ...[more]