Chorioretinitis in the contralateral eye of a patient with Acanthamoeba keratitis.

Authors :: Johns KJ
O'Day DM
Feman SS
Source :: Ophthalmology [Ophthalmology] 1988 May; Vol. 95 (5), pp. 635-9.
Publication Year :: 1988
Abstract: Chorioretinitis developed in the right eye of a patient with contact lens-associated Acanthamoeba keratitis in the left eye during an acute exacerbation of the keratitis. This chorioretinitis may have resulted from hematogenous dissemination from his corneal infection.

Subjects :: Acanthamoeba
Adult
Amebicides therapeutic use
Animals
Chorioretinitis drug therapy
Chorioretinitis pathology
Corneal Transplantation
Fluorescein Angiography
Fundus Oculi
Humans
Keratitis pathology
Keratitis therapy
Male
Amebiasis drug therapy
Chorioretinitis etiology
Keratitis etiology

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