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Zaid Mammo1, David R P Almeida, Matthew A Cunningham
1*Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; †VitreoRetinal Surgery, PA, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ‡Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa city, Iowa; and §Department of Ophthalmology, Omics Laboratory, Iowa City, Iowa.
Purpose:
To describe the clinical course of a patient with Acanthamoeba keratitis, who despite prompt treatment progressed to histopathology-confirmed Acanthamoeba retinitis and endophthalmitis.
Methods:
Case report.
Results:
A healthy 30-year-old male wearing soft contact lens was diagnosed with Acanthamoeba keratitis and treated medically and surgically over the course of 1 year with presumed resolution of the infection. Yet, his infection recurred with documented spread to sclerokeratitis, and overwhelming endophthalmitis. Concerns about extra-ocular spread prompted a therapeutic enucleation with histopathologic evidence of Acanthamoeba organisms throughout the globe.
Conclusion:
This is a case of a severe recurrent Acanthamoeba infection presenting initially as keratitis, followed by sclerokeratitis and histolopathology-confirmed endophthalmitis. This case demonstrates that despite persistent medical and surgical intervention, eradication of organisms may not be possible.
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