First Report of Hartmannella keratitis in a Cosmetic Soft Contact Lens Wearer in Iran

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作者：
Abedkhojasteh, Hoda [1 ]
Niyyati, Maryam [2 ]
Rahimi, Firoozeh [3 ]
Heidari, Mansour [3 ,4 ]
Farnia, Shohreh [1 ]
Rezaeian, Mostafa [1 ,5 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Parasitol & Mycol, Tehran, Iran
[2] Shahid Beheshti Univ Med Sci, Sch Med, Dept Med Parasitol & Mycol, Tehran, Iran
[3] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Farabi Eye Hosp, Tehran, Iran
[4] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Dept Med Genet, Tehran, Iran
[5] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Ctr Res Endem Parasites Iran, Tehran, Iran
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IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY | 2013年 / 8卷 / 03期
关键词：
Hartmannella; Amoebic keratitis; Contact lens; Iran; LIVING AMEBA HARTMANNELLA; MIXED INFECTION; ACANTHAMOEBA; VAHLKAMPFIA; VERMIFORMIS; SPP;
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要：
Background: Poor hygiene will provide good condition for corneal infections by opportunistic free-living amoebae (FLA) in soft contact lens wearers. In the present study an amoebic keratitis due to Hartmannella has been recognized in a 22-year-old girl with a history of improper soft contact lens use. She had unilateral keratitis on her left eye. Her clinical signs were eye pain, redness, blurred vision and photophobia. The round cysts of free-living amoebae were identified in non-nutrient agar medium by light microscopy. These cysts were suspected to be Hartmannella using morphological criteria. A PCR assay has been confirmed that the round cysts were belonged to H. vermiformis.
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