A rare case of keratitis due to co-infection with Plectosphaerella cucumerina and Acanthamoeba T5 genotype
The T5 is the second most frequent environmental <i>Acanthamoeba</i>, but rarely isolated clinically. <i>Plectosphaerella</i> keratitis has been reported only 4 times in the literature. Neither of these have been previously reported from India.
Authors
- Siddharth Narendran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9220-8049)
- Shivaprakash Mandya Rudramurthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9097-9253)
- Ram Rammohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7140-5959)
- Jacob Lorenzo‐Morales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7683-2888)
- Venkatapathy Narendran
- Anita Raghavan
- Maitrayee Kaman Chabra
Institutions
- Universidad de La Laguna (ES)
- Aravind Eye Hospital (IN)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (ES)
- Hara Eye Hospital (JP)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2024.102176
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.62