Increasing incidence of contact-lens-related Acanthamoeba keratitis in a tertiary ophthalmology department in an Italian population
PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to report the increasing incidence of contact-lens related Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in a tertiary ophthalmology department in Umbria, central Italy.
METHODS: Observational and retrospective case series were carried out. A total of nine eyes with a diagnosis of AK were examined. All patients underwent a full slit lamp examination, in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) and corneal scraping. The IVCM was repeated at one and two-week and at one, three and six-month intervals. Samples of domestic tap water were also examined for PCR analysis. Patients were treated with levofloxacin0,5%, Polyhexamethylene biguanide 0.02%, and Propamidine Isetionate0,1%.
RESULTS: All patients were contact lens wearers. The average patient age was 27.75 (range 18-45), with three men and five women. The main clinical features were ciliary congestion, diffuse epitheliopathy with punctuated keratitis, multiple, small sub-epithelial, greyish, corneal infiltrates with epithelial defect, pseudodendritic corneal lesions, perineural infiltrates, corneal stromal cellularity, and stromal infiltrates. IVCM was indicative of Acanthamoeba in seven out of the nine eyes. All the positive IVCM images were section images showing double walled, bright-spot cysts with a clear chain-like arrangement of five or more cysts identified in three of the patients. PCR analysis of the water was negative in all cases.
CONCLUSION: Although PCR is the most common method used, the increased incidence of AK could mainly be related to a proper IVCM interpretation. A broad-spectrum antibiotic, such as levofloxacin might play a role in the early treatment of AK reducing the virulence of the amoeba.
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| 520 | |a METHODS: Observational and retrospective case series were carried out. A total of nine eyes with a diagnosis of AK were examined. All patients underwent a full slit lamp examination, in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) and corneal scraping. The IVCM was repeated at one and two-week and at one, three and six-month intervals. Samples of domestic tap water were also examined for PCR analysis. Patients were treated with levofloxacin0,5%, Polyhexamethylene biguanide 0.02%, and Propamidine Isetionate0,1% | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: All patients were contact lens wearers. The average patient age was 27.75 (range 18-45), with three men and five women. The main clinical features were ciliary congestion, diffuse epitheliopathy with punctuated keratitis, multiple, small sub-epithelial, greyish, corneal infiltrates with epithelial defect, pseudodendritic corneal lesions, perineural infiltrates, corneal stromal cellularity, and stromal infiltrates. IVCM was indicative of Acanthamoeba in seven out of the nine eyes. All the positive IVCM images were section images showing double walled, bright-spot cysts with a clear chain-like arrangement of five or more cysts identified in three of the patients. PCR analysis of the water was negative in all cases | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: Although PCR is the most common method used, the increased incidence of AK could mainly be related to a proper IVCM interpretation. A broad-spectrum antibiotic, such as levofloxacin might play a role in the early treatment of AK reducing the virulence of the amoeba | ||
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