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

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 1 General information and clinical diagnoses in the included patients

Case no.	Sex	Age (y)	Profession	Eye	Risk Factor	Disease course	Initial diagnosis
P1	Female	55	Actress	Left	Eye exposure to cosmetics	4 m	AK
P2	Male	44	Fisherman	Left	Eye exposure to fish pond water	20d	AK
P3	Male	60	Farmer	Right	Mosquito entering into the eye	2 m	FK
P4	Female	23	Clerk	Right	Wearing contact lenses	1 m	HSK
P5	Male	52	Farmer	Left	Hit with an iron wire	2 m	FK
P6	Male	49	Farmer	Left	Eye exposed to paddy field water	45d	AK
P7	Female	59	Farmer	Right	Winged insect in the eye	1 m	AK
P8	Male	39	Upfitter	Right	Eye exposed to cement	2 m	FK
P9	Male	28	Fisherman	Left	Unclear	40d	HSK
P10	Male	37	Farmer	Right	Unclear	1 m	BK
P11	Male	19	Worker	Right	Eye exposed to foul water	1 m	AK
P12	Male	63	Farmer	Left	Injured by a stick	2 m	FK
P13	Male	37	Farmer	Right	Injured by a stick	1.5 m	FK
P14	Female	39	Farmer	Left	Injured by a stick	3 m	FK
P15	Female	30	Worker	Right	Injured by a pencil	2 m	FK

P1 = Patient 1, P2 = Patient 2…P15 = Patient 15; AK Acanthamoeba keratitis, FK fungal keratitis, BK bacterial keratitis, HSK herpes simplex keratitis

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