Author: Xuguang Sun Full Title: Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Diagnosis And Treatment Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2018 edition (February 21, 2018) Year: 2018 ISBN-13: 9789811052125 (978-981-10-5212-5), 9789811052118 (978-981-10-5211-8) ISBN-10: 9811052123, 9811052115 Pages: 116 Language: English Genre: Medicine: Ophthalmology File type: EPUB (True), PDF (True, but nonnative Cover) Quality: 9/10 Price: 71.68 € This book provides the concise descriptions of the basic and clinical knowledge about Acanthamoeba keratitis, including characteristics of pathogen, risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment with abundant figure illustrations and typical cases to ophthalmological practitioners and researchers. Acanthamoeba pathogen is widely distributed in the nature. However, Acanthamoeba keratitis is generally considered as a type of sight-threatening keratitis that is difficult to treat. At early stage Acanthamoeba keratitis usually shows atypical clinical manifestations, that are often misdiagnosed as viral or bacterial keratitis. Moreover, there are not approved topical anti-amoebicdrugs available up to now. We hope ophthalmological practitioners can obtain a co ------------- Our members see more. Join us!
