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Case Reports
. 2018 Apr 25;56(5):e00790-17.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00790-17. Print 2018 May.

The Brief Case: A "Fresh" Pair of Contact Lenses

Eugene M Tan  1 , Matthew R Starr  2 , Michael R Henry  3 , Bobbi S Pritt  4   3
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Case Reports

The Brief Case: A "Fresh" Pair of Contact Lenses

Eugene M Tan et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Acanthamoeba; ameba; contact lens; keratitis.

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FIG 1
FIG 1
(A and B) Enlarged corneal nerves (white arrow in panel A) of the right eye suggestive of keratoneuritis. Confocal microscopy (×40 magnification) revealed characteristic Acanthamoeba cysts in the anterior stroma of the right eye (white arrow in panel B).
FIG 2
FIG 2
Hematoxylin- and eosin-stained sections of the cell block cytologic preparation made from the contact lens solution submitted in the case with the lenses. Magnification, ×1,000. (A and B) Characteristic Acanthamoeba trophozoites (8 to 40 μm), with a bubbly cytoplasm and small nucleus containing a large central karyosome, are shown. (C) Two double-walled cysts of approximately 10 to 25 μm (arrows) are shown. Note the significant amount of bacteria that is also present in the specimen (asterisks).
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