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      First Report of Hartmannella keratitis in a Cosmetic Soft Contact Lens Wearer in Iran

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          Poor hygiene will provide good condition for corneal infections by opportunistic free-living amoebae (FLA) in soft contact lens wearers. In the present study an amoebic keratitis due to Hartmannella has been recognized in a 22-year-old girl with a history of improper soft contact lens use. She had unilateral keratitis on her left eye. Her clinical signs were eye pain, redness, blurred vision and photophobia. The round cysts of free-living amoebae were identified in non-nutrient agar medium by light microscopy. These cysts were suspected to be Hartmannella using morphological criteria. A PCR assay has been confirmed that the round cysts were belonged to H. vermiformis.

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              First report of a mixed infection due to Acanthamoeba genotype T3 and Vahlkampfia in a cosmetic soft contact lens wearer in Iran.

              Shohreh FARNIA, Mostafa Rezaeian, S Rezaie … (2010)
              Acanthamoeba keratitis cases have emerged in the recent years in Iran. In this case, an amoebic keratitis due to a mixed infection with Acanthamoeba and Vahlkampfia species is reported. Corneal scrapes, contact lenses and contact lens cases obtained from the patient were analysed and were positive for cysts of Acanthamoeba and Vahlkampfia genera. Genus-specific PCR was carried out for both genera, confirming the microscopic observations. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a possible mixed amoebic infection due to Acanthamoeba and Vahlkampfia and raises awareness within contact lens wearers in Iran. Copyright 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Iran J Parasitol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Iran J Parasitol
                Journal ID (publisher-id): IJPA
                Title: Iranian Journal of Parasitology
                Publisher: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
                ISSN (Print): 1735-7020
                ISSN (Electronic): 2008-238X
                Publication date (Print): Jul-Sep 2013
                Volume: 8
                Issue: 3
                Pages: 481-485
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
                [2 ]Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
                [3 ]Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
                [4 ]Department of Medical Genetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
                [5 ]Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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                [* ] Correspondence Email: rezaiian@ 123456tums.ac.ir
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                Publisher ID: IJPA-8-481
                PMC ID: 3887252
                PubMed ID: 24454444
                SO-VID: 61fdc54e-fdfc-4963-a153-3191462fbc3f
                Copyright © © 2013 Iranian Society of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                Date received : 18 February 2013
                Date accepted : 14 May 2013
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                Subject: Case Report

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Parasitology
                Keywords: hartmannella,amoebic keratitis,contact lens,iran
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Parasitology
                Keywords: hartmannella, amoebic keratitis, contact lens, iran

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