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Acanthamoeba keratitis in Australia: demographics, associated factors, presentation and outcomes: a 15-year case review.

Roland HӧllhumerLisa J KeayS L Watson
Published in: Eye (London, England) (2019)
In Australia, AK occurred predominantly in contact lens wearers with typical clinical features including epitheliopathy and perineural infiltrates. The patient demographics, frequency of potential predisposing factors and clinical presentation of AK were similar to case series from the UK and New Zealand.
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