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From: Associated factors, diagnosis and management of Acanthamoeba keratitis in a referral Center in Southern China

Fig. 2

Pathological sections stained with HE revealed corneal oedema and amoebic cysts among the corneal collagenous fibres (blue arrow) (a-b). Numerous polymorphonuclear and mononucleated cells and nuclear debris had infiltrated the corneal stroma (c). Amoebic cysts and trophozoites were detected in the cornea (blue arrow) using PASM staining. Aspergillus hyphae (deep blue arrow) had fragmented in a coinfected case (d) (20 × 20)

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