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Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical Criteria of Acanthamoeba spp. Isolated from the Egyptian Aquatic Environment

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2013
Background: The free-living amoebae Acanthamoeba spp., have been recognized as etiologic agents of amoebic encephalitis, keratitis, otitis, lung lesions and other skin infections mainly in immuno-compromised individuals.
A Al-Herrawy, M Bahgat, A Mohammed, A Ashour, W Hikal   +4 more
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Two intracellular and cell type-specific bacterial symbionts in the placozoan Trichoplax H2

, 2019
Placozoa is an enigmatic phylum of simple, microscopic, marine metazoans(1,2). Although intracellular bacteria have been found in all members of this phylum, almost nothing is known about their identity, location and interactions with their host(3-6). We
Dubilier, N., Gruber-Vodicka, H., Hadfield, M., Hinzke, T., Kleiner, M., Leisch, N., Liebeke, M., McFall-Ngai, M.   +7 more
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The Isolation and Detection of Acanthamoeba in Rural Water Sources of Arak, Iran

Medical Laboratory Journal, 2014
Background and Objective: Acanthamoeba species are free-living protozoa that can be isolated from all environments. They can bring about different diseases in healthy individuals and immune suppressed patients, for example, Granulomatous Amoebic ...
M Mosayebi, B Ghorbanzadeh, Z Eslamirad, M Ejtehadifar, B Rastad   +4 more
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Measurable Genomic Changes in Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis after Long-Term Adaptation in Acanthamoeba lenticulata and Reduced Persistence in Macrophages

, 2021
Nabeeh A. Hasan, Grant J. Norton, Ravleen Virdi, L. Elaine Epperson, Charmie K. Vang, Brandon Hellbusch, Xiyuan Bai, Edward D. Chan, Michael Strong, Jennifer R. Honda   +9 more
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Impact of First Healthcare Provider on Acanthamoeba Keratitis Course: How to Overcome Poor Prognosis in Acanthamoeba Keratitis Treatment? A Single Tertiary Center, Observational Study

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2023
Joanna Przybek-Skrzypecka,1,2 Andrew Walkden,3,4 Arun Brahma,3 Jaya Chidambaram,5 Fiona M Carley3,6 1Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 2SPKSO Ophthalmic University Hospital, Warsaw, Poland; 3Cornea Department ...
Przybek-Skrzypecka J, Walkden A, Brahma A, Chidambaram J, Carley FM   +4 more
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Non-Contact-Lens-Related Acanthamoeba Keratitis Caused by Acanthamoeba sp. Group T4D/T4e

Parasitologia
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare but serious infection of the cornea, typically associated with contact lens wear. Here, we present a case of AK caused by the Acanthamoeba genotype T4D/T4e in a patient without identifiable risk factors: a 34-year ...
Morgane Vander Eecken, Anne-Sophie Messiaen, Hannelore Hamerlinck, Stien Vandendriessche, Jerina Boelens, Dimitri Roels   +5 more
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Evaluation of Anti-amoebic Activity of Peganum harmala Ethanolic Extract on Acanthamoeba In vitro [PDF]

Majallah-i dānishgāh-i ̒ulūm-i pizishkī-i Arāk, 2018
Background: Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic protozoan pathogen that is known to infect the cornea to produce eye keratitis and the central nervous system to produce lethal granulomatous encephalitis. The overall aim of the present study was to determine
Tooran Nayeri Chegeni, Fatemeh Ghaffarifar, Fariba Khoshzaban, Abdolhosein Dalimi Asl   +3 more
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Interaction between Vibrio mimicus and Acanthamoeba castellanii [PDF]

, 2010
Hadi Abd, Soni Priya Valeru, Susan Marouf Sami, Amir Saeed, Saumya Raychaudhuri, Gunnar Sandström   +5 more
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Isobenzofuran-1(3H)-one derivatives: Amoebicidal activity and program cell death in Acanthamoeba castellanii Neff

, 2022
Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, María Reyes-Batllé, Inés Sifaoui, David Tejedor, Fernando García‐Tellado, José E. Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo‐Morales   +6 more
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SJL Mice Infected with Acanthamoeba castellanii Develop Central Nervous System Autoimmunity through the Generation of Cross-Reactive T Cells for Myelin Antigens [PDF]

, 2014
We recently reported that Acanthamoeba castellanii (ACA), an opportunistic pathogen of the central nervous system (CNS) possesses mimicry epitopes for proteolipid protein (PLP) 139–151 and myelin basic protein 89–101, and that the epitopes induce ...
da Rocha-Azevedo, Bruno, Gangaplara, Arunakumar, Illes, Zsolt, Jamerson, Melissa, Marciano-Cabral, Francine, Massilamany, Chandirasegaran, Reddy, Jay, Sobel, Raymond A., Steffen, David, Zabad, Rana   +9 more
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