title: [Acanthamoeba isolation from contact lens solution of contact lens wearers without keratitis].
abstract: Acanthamoeba keratitis seems to be associated with wearing contact lenses. As controls, we surveyed contact lens wearers without keratitis. Contact lens solutions of 93 persons were examined in order to identify risk factors for contamination by Acanthamoeba. Therefore, the contact lens disinfection system and storage schedules were studied in each case. Acanthamoeba organisms were isolated from 4 specimens (4.3%). The incidence of Acanthamoeba was higher in specimens of soft contact lens solution than in those of hard contact lens solution, and all the Acanthamoeba positive cases had been using tap water.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, Sashima-Kyodo Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hommura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015823:Acanthamoeba Keratitis / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D003261:Contact Lenses; D006801:Humans; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions
chemical_list: D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions