[Pathogenic free-living amoebic keratitis in China].
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.
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Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Ophthalmic Center, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China.
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Xu-guang
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D015823:Acanthamoeba Keratitis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000656:Amoeba; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged