Acanthamoeba as a cause of peripheral ulcerative keratitis.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of peripheral ulcerative keratitis caused by Acanthamoeba.


METHODS
Case report and review of the literature. A 37-year-old woman with a history of pain and redness of the right eye with no apparent predisposing factors, on examination, revealed a peripheral ulcerative keratitis.


RESULTS
Microbiological investigations of the corneal infiltrate revealed Acanthamoeba cysts.


CONCLUSIONS
All cases of peripheral ulcerative keratitis should be subjected to routine microbiological evaluation including those for Acanthamoeba.
Moreira
Arun Thomas
AT
Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai 625 020, Tamilnadu, India.
Prajna
N Venkatesh
NV
D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans