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Case Reports
. 1992 Mar;76(3):177-8.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.76.3.177.

Microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in a patient with AIDS

T W Metcalfe  1 , R M Doran, P L Rowlands, A Curry, C J Lacey
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Case Reports

Microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in a patient with AIDS

T W Metcalfe et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1992 Mar.

Abstract

A male patient is described with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) who developed chronic keratoconjunctivitis and chronic sinusitis due to infection with the microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Diagnosis was confirmed by electron microscopic examination of conjunctival epithelial cells and nasal polypectomy specimens. Treatment with propamidine isethionate 0.1% (Brolene) eye drops six times daily led to a prompt resolution of the keratoconjunctivitis.

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