Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur

The objective of this study was to determine the sources of the high incidence of Acanthamoeba infection among contact lens wearers in Kuala Lumpur. One hundred and seventy four samples were taken from 66 disposable soft contact lens wearers and they were also interviewed by using a questionnaire fo...

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Main Authors:	Haliza Abdul Mutalib, Saleha Abdul Majid, Mohamed Kamil Abdul Ghani, Anisah Nordin, Yusof Bin Suboh, Norhayati Moktar
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Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/987/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/987/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/987/1/jurnal40.pdf

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spelling	ukm-9872016-12-14T06:28:30Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/987/ Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur Haliza Abdul Mutalib, Saleha Abdul Majid, Mohamed Kamil Abdul Ghani, Anisah Nordin, Yusof Bin Suboh, Norhayati Moktar, The objective of this study was to determine the sources of the high incidence of Acanthamoeba infection among contact lens wearers in Kuala Lumpur. One hundred and seventy four samples were taken from 66 disposable soft contact lens wearers and they were also interviewed by using a questionnaire form. All the contact lens wearers used various types of disinfecting or multipurpose solutions to clean and disinfect their lenses. Swabs were taken from their worn contact lenses, lens storage cases and also from their remaining contact lens solutions. From these swaps a complete culture process was carried out toisolate the Acanthamoeba spp. The Acanthamoeba spp. was isolated successfully from 14 samples of 7 subjects. High yields of isolates were obtained from the lens storage cases (13.5%) and the contact lenses itself (10.6%). However, no isolation was observed from the disinfecting solutions used. The potential sources of Acanthamoeba infection were traced to the contact lenses and the lens storage cases. The oral questionnaires showed high percentage of incompliance among contact lens wearers where many used tap water for cleaning lenses and rinsing storage cases. penerbit ukm 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/987/1/jurnal40.pdf Haliza Abdul Mutalib, and Saleha Abdul Majid, and Mohamed Kamil Abdul Ghani, and Anisah Nordin, and Yusof Bin Suboh, and Norhayati Moktar, (2005) Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 3 (2). pp. 9-17. ISSN 1675-8161 http://www.fskb.ukm.my/fskbold/jurnal
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description	The objective of this study was to determine the sources of the high incidence of Acanthamoeba infection among contact lens wearers in Kuala Lumpur. One hundred and seventy four samples were taken from 66 disposable soft contact lens wearers and they were also interviewed by using a questionnaire form. All the contact lens wearers used various types of disinfecting or multipurpose solutions to clean and disinfect their lenses. Swabs were taken from their worn contact lenses, lens storage cases and also from their remaining contact lens solutions. From these swaps a complete culture process was carried out toisolate the Acanthamoeba spp. The Acanthamoeba spp. was isolated successfully from 14 samples of 7 subjects. High yields of isolates were obtained from the lens storage cases (13.5%) and the contact lenses itself (10.6%). However, no isolation was observed from the disinfecting solutions used. The potential sources of Acanthamoeba infection were traced to the contact lenses and the lens storage cases. The oral questionnaires showed high percentage of incompliance among contact lens wearers where many used tap water for cleaning lenses and rinsing storage cases.
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author	Haliza Abdul Mutalib, Saleha Abdul Majid, Mohamed Kamil Abdul Ghani, Anisah Nordin, Yusof Bin Suboh, Norhayati Moktar,
spellingShingle	Haliza Abdul Mutalib, Saleha Abdul Majid, Mohamed Kamil Abdul Ghani, Anisah Nordin, Yusof Bin Suboh, Norhayati Moktar, Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur
author_facet	Haliza Abdul Mutalib, Saleha Abdul Majid, Mohamed Kamil Abdul Ghani, Anisah Nordin, Yusof Bin Suboh, Norhayati Moktar,
author_sort	Haliza Abdul Mutalib,
title	Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur
title_short	Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur
title_full	Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur
title_fullStr	Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur
title_full_unstemmed	Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur
title_sort	punca infeksi acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di kuala lumpur
publisher	penerbit ukm
publishDate	2005
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/987/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/987/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/987/1/jurnal40.pdf
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Punca infeksi Acanthamoeba spp. di kalangan pemakai kanta sentuh di Kuala Lumpur

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