Acanthamoeba Keratitis in Contact Lens Wearer.

Kim, Jung June; Kim, Mi Kyoung; Park, In Won; Lee, Ha Bum

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(11):2042-2047.
Published online November 1, 1995.

Acanthamoeba Keratitis in Contact Lens Wearer.

Jung June Kim, Mi Kyoung Kim, In Won Park, Ha Bum Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Kang-Dong Sacred-Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.

콘택트렌즈 착용안에서 발생한 Acanthamoeba 각막염

이하범(Ha Bum Lee),김정준(Jung June Kim),박인원(In Won Park),김미경(Mi Kyoung Kim)

Abstract

We experienced a case of chronic keratitis with corneal ulcer and conjunctival injection while wearing contact lens. In spite of broad-spectrum antibiotics therapy, corneal lesion was not improved, and bacterial smear and culture were negative. Specimens from corneal scraping were examined with Giemsa-Wright stain and H and E(Hematoxylin-Eosin) stain. We could find double walled acanthamoebic cysts. The specimens were cultured on 1.5% non-nutrient agar with E, coli suspension, and aeanthamoebic cysts and trophozoites were found with H and E stain. Aeanthamoebic cysts and trophozoites were cultured from the specimens of ulcered cornea. So we report this case.

Key Words: Acanthamoeba;Contact lens wearer;Corneal ulcer;Giemsa-Wright stain;H and E stain