Acanthamoeba Detection in the Anterior Chamber after Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty
Published: June 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4457
RK Agarwal, Garima Mittal, Anuradha Raj, Shalini Gupta
1. Professor and HOD, Department of Microbiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences Jolly Grant, Dehradun, (Uttarakhand), India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences Jolly Grant, Dehradun, (Uttarakhand), India.
3. Assistant Professor,Department of Ophthalmology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences Jolly Grant, Dehradun, (Uttarakhand), India.
4. Junior Resident, Department of Microbiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences Jolly Grant, Dehradun, (Uttarakhand), India.
Correspondence
Dr. Garima Mittal,
Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, HIHT University, Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant, P.O. Doiwala,
Dehradun (Uttarakhand)-248140, India.
Phone: 0091-135-2471577; 0091-9759075607, E-mail: garimamittal80@gmail.com
Acanthamoeba infection has been recognized in almost all parts of the world. With most of the literature focusing on contact lens related Acanthamoeba keratitis, ophthalmologists may hesitate to diagnose this entity in patients without lenses. We report the case of a patient with Acanthamoeba infection of the anterior chamber, unrelated to contact lens wear, diagnosed by examination of aqueous tap following penetrating therapeutic keratoplasty.
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