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Acanthamoeba Keratitis
MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
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MeSH Tree Structures
Concepts
MeSH Heading
Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Tree Number(s)
C01.610.300.125
C01.610.752.049.203
C11.204.564.112
C11.294.725.125
Unique ID
D015823
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015823
Annotation
note category: a corneal dis: do not confuse with
KERATOACANTHOMA
, a skin dis
Scope Note
Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness.
Entry Term(s)
Keratitis, Acanthamoeba
Previous Indexing
Amebiasis (1975-1989)
Keratitis (1975-1989)
Public MeSH Note
90
History Note
90
Date Established
1990/01/01
Date of Entry
1989/05/25
Revision Date
2019/06/17
Allowable Qualifiers
blood (BL)
cerebrospinal fluid (CF)
chemically induced (CI)
classification (CL)
complications (CO)
congenital (CN)
diagnosis (DI)
diagnostic imaging (DG)
diet therapy (DH)
drug therapy (DT)
economics (EC)
embryology (EM)
enzymology (EN)
epidemiology (EP)
ethnology (EH)
etiology (ET)
genetics (GE)
history (HI)
immunology (IM)
metabolism (ME)
microbiology (MI)
mortality (MO)
nursing (NU)
parasitology (PS)
pathology (PA)
physiopathology (PP)
prevention & control (PC)
psychology (PX)
radiotherapy (RT)
rehabilitation (RH)
surgery (SU)
therapy (TH)
transmission (TM)
urine (UR)
veterinary (VE)
virology (VI)
Infections [C01]
Parasitic Diseases [C01.610]
Eye Infections, Parasitic [C01.610.300]
Acanthamoeba Keratitis [C01.610.300.125]
Onchocerciasis, Ocular [C01.610.300.562]
Toxoplasmosis, Ocular [C01.610.300.781]
Infections [C01]
Parasitic Diseases [C01.610]
Protozoan Infections [C01.610.752]
Amebiasis [C01.610.752.049]
Acanthamoeba Keratitis [C01.610.752.049.203]
Blastocystis Infections [C01.610.752.049.250]
Dysentery, Amebic [C01.610.752.049.328]
Entamoebiasis [C01.610.752.049.407]
Liver Abscess, Amebic [C01.610.752.049.703]
Eye Diseases [C11]
Corneal Diseases [C11.204]
Keratitis [C11.204.564]
Acanthamoeba Keratitis [C11.204.564.112]
Corneal Ulcer [C11.204.564.225]
Keratitis, Herpetic [C11.204.564.425]
Keratoconjunctivitis [C11.204.564.585]
Eye Diseases [C11]
Eye Infections [C11.294]
Eye Infections, Parasitic [C11.294.725]
Acanthamoeba Keratitis [C11.294.725.125]
Onchocerciasis, Ocular [C11.294.725.562]
Toxoplasmosis, Ocular [C11.294.725.781]
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Preferred
Concept UI
M0024241
Scope Note
Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness.
Terms
Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Preferred Term
Term UI
T046927
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1990)
Keratitis, Acanthamoeba
Term UI
T046926
Date
04/18/1989
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1990)
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