Rodrigo Vilares-Morgado, Ana Margarida Ferreira, Pedro Marques-Couto, Carolina Madeira, Raúl Moreira, Luís Torrão, Pedro Neves-Cardoso, Ana Maria Cunha, Sandra Rebelo, João Pinheiro-Costa
PURPOSE: To report clinical findings and prognostic factors for visual and morphological outcomes in patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK). METHODS: Single-center, retrospective, longitudinal study of 51 cases of AK diagnosed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) between March 2010 and October 2022. The primary outcome was the final best corrected visual acuity (BCVA). Poor visual outcome was defined as a final BCVA ≥ 1 logMAR unit, while good visual outcome was defined as a final BCVA < 1 logMAR unit...
January 13, 2024: Contact Lens & Anterior Eye: the Journal of the British Contact Lens Association