Acanthamoeba Keratitis Infections Hard to Detect and Treat

Acanthamoeba infections of the eye are very tough to treat and can lead to cornea transplants. The infection is also tough to detect, as it presents like common irritation. There are some topical medications that are specially formulated by pharmacies — one uses a form of swimming pool cleaner — but the infection becomes harder to fight topically as the amoeba drives into cornea.

“It’s a devastating type of infection,” said Thomas Steinemann, a professor at Case Western Reserve University and staff ophthalmologist at Metro Health in Cleveland, in a recent interview. “It’s a major problem to eradicate.”

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