Microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in AIDS.
Microsporidia are rare human opportunistic pathogens that are now increasingly recognised in patients with AIDS, most commonly as an ocular or enteric pathogen. This paper reports a case of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in a patient with AIDS which responded to treatment with dibromopropamidine isethionate ointment. The clinical and laboratory features of microsporidial ocular infection are reviewed.
McCluskey
P J
PJ
Department of Ophthalmology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Goonan
P V
PV
Marriott
D J
DJ
Field
A S
AS
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001550:Benzamidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D016816:Microsporida; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D001550:Benzamidines; C053597:dibrompropamidine