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Letter to the Editor

Resolution of Acanthamoeba Keratitis with Adjunctive Use of Oral Miltefosine

Ema Avdagica Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
, MD,
Hall F. Chewb Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
, MD,
Peter Veldmana Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
, MD,
Elmer Y. Tuc Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
, MD,
Mansab Jafrid Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
, BA,
Rutvi Doshia Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
, OD,
Andrea K. Boggilde Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;f Tropical Disease Unit, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada;g Public Health Ontario Laboratory, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada
, MD,
James J. Reidya Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
, MD &
Asim V. Farooqa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD show all
Pages 278-281 | Received 12 Feb 2019, Accepted 18 Nov 2019, Published online: 12 Dec 2019

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