Oftalʹmologiâ (Jan 2023)

Acute Purulent Keratitis of Mixed Etiology Developed during Contact Lens Wearing. Clinical Case

  • Evg. A. Kasparova,
  • N. R. Marchenko,
  • M. N. Narbut,
  • Z. V. Surnina,
  • D. A. Krivolapova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18008/1816-5095-2022-4-898-905
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 4
pp. 898 – 905

Abstract

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The article presents a description of a clinical case of advanced purulent keratitis of mixed etiology (Pseudomonas aeruginosa + acanthamoeba), developed as a result of a mode violation of soft contact lens wearing. Confocal microscopy of the cornea revealed multiple rounded hyperreflective formations (acanthamoeba cysts). Complex anti-infective conservative therapy in combination with modified crosslinking stops rapidly progressing purulent keratitis and increases visual acuity from 0.01 to 0.9.

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