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First Report of Hartmannella keratitis in a Cosmetic Soft Contact Lens Wearer in Iran
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نویسنده
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ABEDKHOJASTEH Hoda ,NIYYATI Maryam ,RAHIMI Firoozeh ,HEIDARI Mansour ,FARNIA Shohreh ,REZAEIAN Mostafa
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منبع
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iranian journal of parasitology - 2013 - دوره : 8 - شماره : 3 - صفحه:481 -485
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چکیده
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Background: poor hygiene will provide good condition for corneal infections by opportunistic free-living amoebae (fla) in soft contact lens wearers. in the present study an amoebic keratitis due to hartmannella has been recognized in a 22-year-old girl with a history of improper soft contact lens use. she had unilateral keratitis on her left eye. her clinical signs were eye pain, redness, blurred vision and photophobia. the round cysts of free-living amoebae were identified in non-nutrient agar medium by light microscopy. these cysts were suspected to be hartmannella using morphological criteria. a pcr assay has been confirmed that the round cysts were belonged to h. vermiformis.
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کلیدواژه
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Hartmannella ,Amoebic keratitis ,Contact lens ,Iran
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آدرس
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tehran university of medical sciences tums, School of Public Health, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, ایران, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, Farabi Eye Hospital, Department of Medical Genetics, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, School of Public Health, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, ایران, tehran university of medical sciences tums, School of Public Health, Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Department of Parasitology and Mycology, ایران
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پست الکترونیکی
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rezaiian@tums.ac.ir
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