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High Occurrence of Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae in Arid Environments. [PDF]

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Pérez-Pérez P   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Proteases of Acanthamoeba

Parasitology Research, 2023
The members of genus Acanthamoeba are the etiological agent of uncommon but severe or even fatal opportunistic infections in human beings. The presence of different classes of intracellular and extracellular proteases including serine proteases, cysteine proteases, and metalloproteases has been well documented in environmental and clinical isolates of ...
Behroz, Mahdavi Poor   +4 more
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Acanthamoeba Sclerokeratitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1994
We treated a healthy soft contact lens wearer who developed Acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis in the left eye. The patient had severe pain and ring-shaped subepithelial infiltrates. The keratitis progressed and scleral nodules developed despite aggressive treatment with topical clotrimazole, dibromopropamidine isethionate, and corticosteroids.
P J, Dougherty   +3 more
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Acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2008
Acanthamoeba scleritis is an uncommon but severe complication of acanthamoeba keratitis. We report the clinical and histopathologic features of a patient with acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis.Review of the patient's clinical records and histopathologic examination of the globe including light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.Review of the ...
Katayoon B, Ebrahimi   +3 more
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Acanthamoeba everywhere: high diversity of Acanthamoeba in soils

Parasitology Research, 2014
Acanthamoeba is a very abundant genus of soil protists with fundamental importance in nutrient cycling, but several strains can also act as human pathogens. The systematics of the genus is still unclear: currently 18 small-subunit (SSU or 18S) ribosomal RNA sequence types (T1-T18) are recognized, which sometimes contain several different morphotypes ...
Anna Maria Fiore-Donno   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Acanthamoeba Keratitis

2008
The incidence of Acanthamoeba keratitis has decreased significantly, and it is no longer a reportable condition in the United States. Corneal abrasion and contact lenses play an important role in the development of Acanthamoeba keratitis. One of the most important features of the disease is severe pain, which is atypical for herpes simplex.
J P, McCulley   +2 more
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