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LQCL2610 - CMLE - 68-Year-Old with Corneal Infection that Failed First-Line Therapy
Course Description

LabQ 2026 Clinical Laboratory: Microbiology 
 
Faculty/Authors

Catherine Gereg, MD1,2
Resident Physician in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 

Jenny Liu, MD, PhD1,2
Resident Physician in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 

David R. Peaper, MD, PhD, D(ABMM)2 
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine 

1Department of Pathology Yale University School of Medicine  
2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine 

New Haven, Connecticut 

CMLE Credit: 2.0

Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour

Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

  1. Review the Technical Considerations.
  2. Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
  3. Click Access to begin the course.
  4. Review the Educational Activity.
  5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
  6. Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures​
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 3/31/2026 
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2028  

Course Objectives
Following completion of this activity, you will be able to

  • recommend to clinicians the appropriate clinical microbiology work-up for infectious keratitis; 

  • identify the risk factors for Acanthamoeba keratitis and its common modes of transmission; 

  • explain the reasoning behind the unique laboratory techniques used in the diagnosis of Acanthamoeba; and 

  • describe the morphologic characteristics of Acanthamoeba species in both cyst and trophozoite forms. 
 
Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Credit Offered:
2 CMLE Credits
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