"Acanthamoeba Keratitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness.
| Descriptor ID |
D015823
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.300.125 C03.752.049.203 C11.204.564.112 C11.294.725.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Acanthamoeba Keratitis- Acanthamoeba Keratitis
- Keratitis, Acanthamoeba
- Acanthamoeba Keratitides
- Keratitides, Acanthamoeba
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthamoeba Keratitis" by people in Profiles.
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Thulasi P, Saeed HN, Rapuano CJ, Hou JH, Appenheimer AB, Chodosh J, Kang JJ, Morrill AM, Vyas N, Zegans ME, Zuckerman R, Tu EY. Oral Miltefosine as Salvage Therapy for Refractory Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 03; 223:75-82.
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Roozbahani M, Hammersmith KM, Rapuano CJ, Nagra PK, Zhang Q. Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty for acanthamoeba keratitis: a review of cases, complications and predictive factors. Int Ophthalmol. 2019 Dec; 39(12):2889-2896.
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Roozbahani M, Hammersmith KM, Rapuano CJ, Nagra PK, Zhang QE, Siu SY. Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Are Recent Cases More Severe? Cornea. 2018 Nov; 37(11):1381-1387.
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Kheirkhah A, Satitpitakul V, Syed ZA, M?ller R, Goyal S, Tu EY, Dana R. Factors Influencing the Diagnostic Accuracy of Laser-Scanning In Vivo Confocal Microscopy for Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Cornea. 2018 Jul; 37(7):818-823.
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Chew HF, Yildiz EH, Hammersmith KM, Eagle RC, Rapuano CJ, Laibson PR, Ayres BD, Jin YP, Cohen EJ. Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors associated with acanthamoeba keratitis. Cornea. 2011 Apr; 30(4):435-41.
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Patel A, Hammersmith K. Contact lens-related microbial keratitis: recent outbreaks. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2008 Jul; 19(4):302-6.
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Thebpatiphat N, Hammersmith KM, Rocha FN, Rapuano CJ, Ayres BD, Laibson PR, Eagle RC, Cohen EJ. Acanthamoeba keratitis: a parasite on the rise. Cornea. 2007 Jul; 26(6):701-6.
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Hammersmith KM. Diagnosis and management of Acanthamoeba keratitis. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2006 Aug; 17(4):327-31.