Acanthamoeba, a common free-living amoeba, is increasingly incriminated as a cause of keratitis and corneal ulceration. Between March 1986 and July 1988, specimens from seven patients submitted by ophthalmologists to the City of Milwaukee Health Department's Bureau of Laboratories were culture positive for Acanthamoeba. All patients were contact lens wearers. The specimens were transported at ambient temperature in amoebasaline (5.0 mL) and filtered through 13 mm 0.22 microns cellulose filters. The filters were then plated in cocultivation with Escherichia coli on nonnutrient agar and had positive results for Acanthamoeba in two to five days. Contact lens cases were culture positive for Acanthamoeba in three instances. These results indicate that corneal scraping in amoeba saline transport medium can provide an effective way to diagnose Acanthamoeba keratitis when direct culture of such specimens is not possible.
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