RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Acanthamoebic keratitis diagnosed by paracentesis and biopsy and treated with propamidine. JF British Journal of Ophthalmology JO Br J Ophthalmol FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. SP 734 OP 736 DO 10.1136/bjo.71.10.734 VO 71 IS 10 A1 K. McClellan A1 D. J. Coster YR 1987 UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/71/10/734.abstract AB A previously healthy 53-year-old man had keratitis of the right eye for six months, unresponsive to topical medical therapy. Acanthamoeba was grown from tissue obtained by corneal biopsy and from aqueous from an anterior chamber tap. The patient was treated with propamidine isethionate 0.1% drops and dibromopropamidine isethionate 0.15% ointment, and after two and a half months the ocular inflammation was continuing to resolve. This case supports a role for the diamidines in the treatment of acanthamoebic keratitis.