Open AccessA study of the spectrum of Acanthamoeba keratitis: A three-year study at a tertiary eye care referral center in South India
Author(s) -
Jayahar M Bharathi,
Muthiah Srinivasan,
Rengappa Ramakrishnan,
Meenakshi Ravindran,
S. Padmavathy,
Prajna Lalitha
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.29493
Subject(s) - medicine , acanthamoeba keratitis , eye care , tertiary care , keratitis , optometry , referral , acanthamoeba , center (category theory) , ophthalmology , family medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , chemistry , crystallography
To determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Acanthamoeba keratitis and also to determine the sensitivity and specificity of smears in the detection of Acanthamoeba.