Acanthamoeba Keratitis in Malaysia

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作者：

Abd Ghani, Mohamed Kamel ^{[1
]}

Azhar, Irdawati ^{[1
]}

Mutalib, Haliza Abdul ^{[1
]}

Nordin, Anisah ^{[2
]}

Suboh, Yusof ^{[2
]}

Ab Rahim, Noraina ^{[2
]}

Ahmad, Norazah ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fak Sains Kesihatan, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Wilayah Perseku, Malaysia

[2] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fak Perubatan, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Wilayah Perseku, Malaysia

[3] Inst Penyelidikan Perubatan, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur 50588, Wilayah Perseku, Malaysia

来源：

SAINS MALAYSIANA | 2018年 / 47卷 / 07期

关键词：

Acanthamoeba; contact lens; keratitis; Malaysia; POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES; KERATITIS; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; DIAGNOSIS;

D O I：

10.17576/jsm-2018-4707-26

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Acanthamoeba spp. are ubiquitous free-living amoebae that are commonly found in environment. It may cause keratitis in individual using contaminated contact lens or having history of ocular trauma. Seventy-four samples of corneal scrapings from keratitis patients, from 4 hospitals in Klang Valley were cultured for the isolation of Acanthamoeba. Acanthamoeba spp. were successfully isolated from 14.87% of corneal scraping samples from keratitis patients. This study showed that all of the Acanthamoeba keratitis patients were contact lens wearers majority of whom were women (90.9%). Soft contact lens were implicated in 90.9% of cases while the rigid gas permeable type in only one case (9.1%). All 11 Acanthamoeba isolates were from the polyphagids group which were known to be pathogenic to human. Failure of contact lens users to practice good hygienic care of their lenses attributed to the risk factor for the occurrence of Acanthamoeba keratitis in Malaysia.

引用

页码：1563 / 1569

页数：7

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