Virulent T4 Acanthamoeba causing keratitis in a patient after swimming while wearing contact lenses in Southern Brazil.
Acta Parasitol
; 63(2): 428-432, 2018 Jun 26.
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| ID: mdl-29654672
ABSTRACT
Several strains of free-living amoebae belonging to the genus Acanthamoeba can cause a painful sight-threatening disease of the cornea known as Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK). The numbers of AK cases keep rising worldwide mainly due to an increase in contact lens wearers and lack of hygiene in the maintenance of contact lenses and their cases. We report a case of AK in a healthy young woman admitted to the Hospital de Clinicas in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. Corneal scrapings were examined for the presence of Acanthamoeba strains. The initial isolate was characterized by morphological and genotypic properties. The isolate belonged to group III according to Pussard and Pons' cyst morphology. Analysis of its 18S rDNA sequence identified the isolate as genotype T4. The T4 genotype is the most commonly reported among keratitis isolates and the most common in environmental samples.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Acanthamoeba
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis
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Contact Lenses
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Cornea
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Parasitol
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil