Open AccessAcanthamoeba on Sabouraud′s agar from a patient with keratitis
Author(s) -
VP Baradkar,
Badhuli Samal,
Swapna Mali,
Ketaki Kulkarni,
Jayanthi Shastri
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
tropical parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2229-7758
pISSN - 2229-5070
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5070.86969
Subject(s) - acanthamoeba , agar , chocolate agar , photophobia , microbiology and biotechnology , acanthamoeba keratitis , moxifloxacin , keratitis , pseudomonas aeruginosa , agar plate , incubation , medicine , biology , ophthalmology , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , antibiotics
A 25-year-old transgender patient came with complaints of watery discharge, red eye and photophobia in the left eye since 2 days. The patient had a history of wearing colored contact lenses since 4 years and cleaning the lens with tap water. Culture of lenses on Mac Conkey and blood agar yielded Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Sabouroud's agar showed yeast cells and double-walled cysts of Acanthamoeba species. On further incubation of Sabouroud's agar, the cysts transformed to trophozoites. Parallel results were obtained on tap water agar. The previous therapy of moxifloxacin was changed to local Neosporin application.