title: [Pathogenic free-living amoebic keratitis in China].
abstract: The first case of acanthamoebic keratitis in China was reported by JIN Xiu-ying et al in 1992. Over past ten years, extensive researches on this vision-threatening keratitis in the etiology, biology, specimen culture and preservation of pathogen, pathogenesis and virulence, animal model, pathology and immunology, clinical diagnosis and management have been carried out.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Ophthalmic Center, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xu-guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D015823:Acanthamoeba Keratitis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000656:Amoeba; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged