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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]
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Pages 278-281 | Received 12 Feb 2019, Accepted 18 Nov 2019, Published online: 12 Dec 2019

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Zhuangjun Si, Peter B. Veldman, James J. Reidy & Asim V. Farooq. (2022) Severe Inflammatory Response in a Patient on Oral Miltefosine for Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 30:4, pages 1027-1028.
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Brian Shing, Mina Balen, James H. McKerrow & Anjan Debnath. (2021) Acanthamoeba Keratitis: an update on amebicidal and cysticidal drug screening methodologies and potential treatment with azole drugs. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 19:11, pages 1427-1441.
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Colton McCoy, Shaivi Patel & Praneetha Thulasi. (2022) Update on the Management of Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Current Ophthalmology Reports 10:4, pages 153-161.
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Hwi Yeong Yoon & Hyun Sun Jeon. (2022) Diagnosis and Management of Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Annals of Optometry and Contact Lens 21:3, pages 104-108.
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Martin de la Presa, Mitch Ibach, John Berdahl & Edward J. Holland. (2022) Anterior Scleral and Limbal Inflammatory Necrosis After Adjuvant Miltefosine for Recalcitrant Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Cornea 41:6, pages 775-778.
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Clarissa Smith, Nida Ashraf, Megan Haghnegahdar, Kenneth Goins & Jessica R Newman. (2022) Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Single-Institution Series of Four Cases With Literature Review. Cureus.
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Praneetha Thulasi, Hajirah N. Saeed, Christopher J. Rapuano, Joshua H. Hou, Alpheus B. Appenheimer, James Chodosh, Joann J. Kang, Amber M. Morrill, Neil Vyas, Michael E. Zegans, Richard Zuckerman & Elmer Y. Tu. (2021) Oral Miltefosine as Salvage Therapy for Refractory Acanthamoeba Keratitis. American Journal of Ophthalmology 223, pages 75-82.
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So-Min Park, Hae-Ahm Lee, Ki-Back Chu, Fu-Shi Quan, Su-Jung Kim & Eun-Kyung Moon. (2020) Production of a polyclonal antibody against inosine-uridine preferring nucleoside hydrolase of Acanthamoeba castellanii and its access to diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis. PLOS ONE 15:9, pages e0239867.
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