STEROID SENSITIVE ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS

被引：11

作者：

HORSBURGH, B

HIRST, LW

CAREY, T

WHITBY, RM

NIMMO, G

STALLARD, K

机构：

[1] UNIV QUEENSLAND,PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSP,DEPT SURG,DIV OPHTHALMOL,WOOLLOONGABBA,QLD 4102,AUSTRALIA

[2] PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSP,DEPT MICROBIOL,WOOLLOONGABBA,QLD 4102,AUSTRALIA

来源：

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY | 1991年 / 19卷 / 04期

关键词：

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; INFLAMMATORY KERATITIS; TOPICAL CORTICOSTEROIDS;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1442-9071.1991.tb00684.x

中图分类号：

R77 [眼科学];

学科分类号：

100212 ;

摘要：

A 44-year-old woman with proven Acanthamoeba keratitis was successfully treated medically with resultant 6/9 vision. During the treatment, repeated attempts to titrate the patient off topical corticosteroids resulted in recurrent flare-up of inflammatory keratitis from which Acanthamoeba could not be recultured. It is suggested that steroid administration during the course of Acanthamoeba keratitis may need to be withdrawn extremely slowly to avoid the recurrence of what appears to be an immunological corneal reaction.

引用

页码：349 / 350

页数：2