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<journal-id>0864-2176</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2176</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0864-21762020000200016</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Cromoforo fotoactivado con crosslinking como tratamiento para la queratitis por Acanthamoeba]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Photoactivated chromophore with crosslinking as treatment for Acanthamoeba keratitis]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[GarduñoVieyra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leopoldo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[De la Fuente-Batta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Da Mota]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zavala-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Teresa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guanajuato  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21762020000200016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21762020000200016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21762020000200016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Se reporta el uso del crosslinking como tratamiento de la queratitis por Acanthamoeba en una serie de 7 pacientes quienes acudieron al Servicio de Córnea por queratitis multitratadas. Se les realizó biopsia corneal, la cual se cultivó en solución de Page. Los pacientes fueron tratados con un protocolo de PACK-CXL durante más de 5 minutos y fueron sometidos a la exposición a la luz UV-A. El edema del nuevo epitelio era de 2 cruces a las 24 horas, y desapareció a las dos semanas del procedimiento en todos los casos. El porcentaje de desepitelización basal al momento del diagnóstico fue de 75,7 %. La agudeza visual mejor corregida fue de entre 20/20 y 20/30. Se concluye que el uso de crosslinking en pacientes con Acanthamoeba en fases inicales pudiera ser una opción terapéutica segura y efectiva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT A report is presented of the use of crosslinking as treatment for Acanthamoeba keratitis in a series of 7 patients attending the Cornea Service for multitreated keratitis. Corneal biopsy was performed, which was cultured in Page solution. The patients were treated with a PACK-CXL protocol for more than 5 minutes and subjected to UV-A light exposure. Edema of the new epithelium was 2 crosses at 24 hours and disappeared 2 weeks after the procedure in all cases. Basal de-epithelialization percentage at diagnosis was 75.7%. Best corrected visual acuity ranged between 20/20 and 20/30. It is concluded that the use of crosslinking in patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis in its initial stages could be a safe and effective therapeutic option.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Crosslinking]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[queratitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cromóforo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Acanthamoeba, Protozoarios]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Crosslinking]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[keratitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chromophore]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Acanthamoeba]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[protozoa]]></kwd>
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