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1. Acanthamoeba more commonly causes epithelial keratitis than herpes simplex in South-East England contact lens users.

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Sanchez, Sara, Faraj, Lana A., Wajnsztajn, Denise, Dart, John K. G., and Milligan, Alice L.

Subjects
HOSPITAL emergency services, EYE care, MICROSCOPY, CONTACT lenses, ACANTHAMOEBA keratitis, RETROSPECTIVE studies, ACQUISITION of data, HERPES simplex keratitis, EMERGENCY medical services, MEDICAL records, CASE studies, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, POLYMERASE chain reaction, MICROBIAL sensitivity tests
Abstract

The article presents the discussion on severe loss of vision or requiring corneal transplant surgery. Topics include misdiagnosis delaying the efective treatment of AK being also the use of topical steroids before therapy for AK; and AK cases being identifed by retrospective audit of PCR requests for Acanthamoeba diagnosis, search of the pharmacy records for patients treated with the anti-amoebic drugs polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB).

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2022
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