title: Microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in AIDS.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McCluskey
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Goonan
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Marriott
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Field
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D001550:Benzamidines; C053597:dibrompropamidine