MICROSPORIDIAL KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS IN AIDS

被引:26
作者
MCCLUSKEY, PJ
GOONAN, PV
MARRIOTT, DJE
FIELD, AS
机构
[1] ST VINCENTS HOSP,DEPT OPHTHALMOL,SYDNEY,NSW 2010,AUSTRALIA
[2] ST VINCENTS HOSP,DEPT MICROBIOL,SYDNEY,NSW 2010,AUSTRALIA
[3] ST VINCENTS HOSP,DEPT ANAT PATHOL,SYDNEY,NSW 2010,AUSTRALIA
关键词
AIDS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROSPORIDIAL INFECTION;
D O I
10.1038/eye.1993.17
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
Microsporidia are rare human opportunistic pathogens that are now increasingly recognised in patients with AIDS, most commonly as an ocular or enteric pathogen. This paper reports a case of microsporidial keratocon-junctivitis in a patient with AIDS which responded to treatment with dibromopropamidine isethionate ointment. The clinical and laboratory features of microsporidial ocular infection are reviewed.
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