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

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 us...

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Main Authors: ABEDKHOJASTEH, Hoda, NIYYATI, Maryam, RAHIMI, Firoozeh, HEIDARI, Mansour, FARNIA, Shohreh, REZAEIAN, Mostafa
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3887252/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24454444
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