Did you know that the best golden tip to help diagnosed Acanthamoeba Keratitis is a confocal scanner – it gives the doctor the opportunity to see if there are cyst. Thanks to the confocal scanner I was diagnosed and could start my treatment immediately. Every country and big eye hospital should have one! The more time it takes to diagnosed AK the more damage is done.
A confocal scanner or in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) is an emerging non-invasive imaging and diagnostic tool, which enables morphological and quantitative analysis of ocular surface microstructure, both in health and disease Infective keratitis identification of the causative organism in patients with infective keratitis is of considerable clinical importance and several studies have revealed the usefulness of confocal microscopy in diagnosing Acanthamoeba keratitis
Is not invasive nor painful. They will numb your eye with drops and use a gel (like the gel when they do echo’s) so they can move around easily.
Please find below a list of hospitals that do have in-house a confocal scanner.
Countries listed below: Australia – Brasil – Germany – Netherlands – New Zealand – South Africa – Spain – United Kingdom – United States –
IMPORTANT: if you happen to know more hospitals where they have a Confocal Scanner please contact us so we can add it.
Royal Perth Hospital
197 Wellington St
Perth WA 6000
Australia
Website
Sydney Eye Hospital
8 Macquarie St
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Website
Eye Clinic
Av. República do Líbano, 1034
Vila Nova Conceição
São Paulo SP 04502-001
Brasil
Website
Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciências Visuais EPM – UNIFESP – HSP
Rua Pedro de Toledo, 583 – 1º andar
Vila Clementino
São Paulo SP 04023-062
Brasil
Website
Universitatsmedizin Mainz – Augenklinik
Langenbeckstraße 1
55131 Mainz
Germany
Website
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Website
Academic Hospital Maastricht
P. Debyelaan 25,
6229 HX Maastricht
The Netherlands
Website
The Rotterdam Eye Hospital
Schiedamse Vest 180
3011 BH Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Website
University Medical Center Utrecht
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 CX Utrecht
The Netherlands
Website
Radboud University Nijmegen
Houtlaan 4
6525 XZ Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Website
Greenlane Clinical Centre
214 Green Lane West One Tree Hill
Epsom
Auckland 1051
New Zealand
Website
Auckland City Hospital
2 Park Road, Grafton
Auckland 1023
New Zealand
Website
Optimed Eye and Laser Clinic
1199 Woodlands Dr
Queenswood
Pretoria 0186
South Africa
Website
Hospital Clinico Universitario San Carlos
Calle del Prof Martín Lagos, s/n
28040 Madrid
Spain
Website
University of Michigan
500 S State St
Ann Arbor MI 48109
United States
Website
Beverly Hills Center for Vision Correction
Lawrence H. Hopp, MD, MS
8641 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 312
Beverly Hills CA 90211
United States
Website
Ophthalmology (New England Eye Center) at Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center
800 Washington Street
Boston MA 02111
United States
Website
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
243 Charles St
Boston MA 02114, (other locations also)
United States
Website
New England College of Optometry Center for Eye Center
940 Commonwealth Avenue #2
Boston MA 02215
United States
Website
University of Illinois at Chicago
1855 W Taylor St
Chicago IL 60605
United States
Website
Cornea Associates of Texas
10740 N Central Expy #350
Dallas TX 75231
United States
Website
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas TX 75390
United States
Website
Duke Eye Center at Duke University Hospital
2351 Erwin Rd
Durham NC 27705
United States
Website
UF Health Shands Hospital
1600 SW Archer Rd
Gainesville FL 32608
United States
Website
Midwestern University
19555 N 59th Ave
Glendale AZ 85308
United States
Website
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City IA 52242
United States
Website
UCLA – The University of California, Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90095
United States
Website
Minnesota Eye Consultants
710 E 24th St Suite 100,
Minneapolis MN 55404,
USA
Website
Cornea Consultants of Nashville
2400 Patterson St #201
Nashville TN 37203
USA
Website
Dean McGee Eye Institute
608 Stanton L Young Blvd
Oklahoma City OK 73104
United States
Website
Doheny Eye Center UCLA
625 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 280
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States
Website
Riverwoods Eye Center
280 W River Park Dr # 220
Provo UT 84604
United States
Website
UCSF Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology
95 Kirkham St
San Francisco CA 94122
United States
Website
St Pauls Eye Unit Within Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Prescot St
Liverpool L7 8XP
United Kingdom
Website
Moorfields Eye Hospital
City Road
London, EC1
United Kingdom
Website
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Oxford Rd
Manchester M13 9WL
United Kingdom
Website
Queens Medical Centre
Derby Road
Nottingham NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
Website