[Report of a case of Acanthamoeba keratitis].
METHODS
A clinical report of a contact lenses wearer with Acanthamoeba keratitis pointed out the diagnosis problem. The medical treatment is needed previously to any surgery. Finally the patient underwent enucleation.


CONCLUSIONS
The authors are considering the microbiological aspects and laboratory techniques are described.


CONCLUSIONS
For this very severe but hopefully rare pathology, the sooner the treatment the best. A therapeutic approach is described.
Carrette
S
S
Service d'Ophthalmologie, CHU Sart-Tilman, Université de Liège.
Marechal-Courtois
C
C
Hernandez
J
J
Hayette
M P
MP
Deprez
M
M
Duchesne
B
B
D015823:Acanthamoeba Keratitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D003261:Contact Lenses; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
A propos d'un cas de kératite à Acanthamoeba.