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Descriptor English: Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Descriptor Spanish: Queratitis por Acanthamoeba
Descriptor queratitis por Acanthamoeba
Scope note: Infección de la córnea producida por un protozoo ameboide que puede producir una ulceración corneal que cause ceguera.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ceratite por Acanthamoeba
Descriptor French: Kératite à Acanthamoeba
Entry term(s): Acanthamoeba Keratitides
Keratitides, Acanthamoeba
Keratitis, Acanthamoeba
Tree number(s): C01.610.300.125
C01.610.752.049.203
C11.204.564.112
C11.294.725.125
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015823
Scope note: Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness.
Annotation: note category: a corneal dis: do not confuse with KERATOACANTHOMA, a skin dis
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Amebiasis (1975-1989)
Keratitis (1975-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
DeCS ID: 24503
Unique ID: D015823
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Acanthamoeba Keratitis - Preferred
Concept UI M0024241
Scope note Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness.
Preferred term Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Entry term(s) Acanthamoeba Keratitides
Keratitides, Acanthamoeba
Keratitis, Acanthamoeba



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