Monday, October 26, 2009

Case of the Week 90

The following photos are from a Giemsa-stained slide of corneal scrapings from a patient with a painful red eye.
Identification? (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)


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5 comments:

  1. KathyOctober 28, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    Acanthamoeba spp.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 28, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    I agree, Acanthamoeba. These are the cysts. Dr. W

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  3. SalbrentOctober 29, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    Acanthamoeba sp cysts
    I see 2 cell walls and size is at the small end of range and some are wrinkled

    Any patient outcome info?

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  4. ScottOctober 29, 2009 at 3:49 PM

    Acanthamoeba sp

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  5. UnknownMay 14, 2017 at 7:13 PM

    since its from the eye its caused by highly pathogenic free living amoebas and narrowing it down to acanthamoeba due to the double wall cysts.

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