[First cases of keratitis caused by free-living amoebas of the genus Acanthamoeba diagnosed in Mali]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1991;84(5 Pt 5):1016-20.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors present the first three cases of keratitis with Acanthamoeba sp. which have been diagnosed in healthy persons. Two of them are children and in two cases there had been a local traumatism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acanthamoeba / isolation & purification*
  • Acanthamoeba Keratitis / diagnosis*
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mali
  • Middle Aged