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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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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, an environmental phagocyte enhancing survival and transmission of human pathogens.
Trends in Parasitology, 2022The opportunistic protist Acanthamoeba, which interacts with other microbes such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses, shows significant similarity in cellular and functional aspects to human macrophages.
B. Rayamajhee +5 more
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Acanthamoeba keratitis: a review of biology, pathophysiology and epidemiology
Ophthalmic & physiological optics, 2020Acanthamoeba keratitis is an infection caused by a unicellular protozoan of the genus Acanthamoeba that is universally widespread. Until now, most cases were reported in contact lens wearers, although it is also a reality for non‐wearers, mostly ...
Ana Paula Gomes de Lacerda, M. Lira
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Applications of medicinal chemistry for drug discovery against Acanthamoeba infections
Medicinal research reviews (Print), 2021Acanthamoeba is a genus of free‐living amoebae, pervasively found in the environment. Most of its pathogenic species are the causative agent of sight‐threatening Acanthamoeba keratitis and fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis.
Usman Ahmed +4 more
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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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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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PCR and culture for diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020Background/Aims Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare but sight-threatening infection. Molecular diagnosis of corneal scraping has improved the diagnosis of AK. Different molecular targets and conditions have been used in diagnosis thus far.
H. Yera +9 more
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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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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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Acanthamoeba and its pathogenic role in granulomatous amebic encephalitis.
Experimental parasitology, 2019Acanthamoeba is a free-living amoeba that is widely distributed in the environment. It is an opportunist protist, which is known to cause rare yet fatal infection of the central nervous system (CNS), granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) in humans. GAE
Sonali K Kalra +4 more
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Survey of Ophthalmology, 1998
Acanthamoeba species are an important cause of microbial keratitis that may cause severe ocular inflammation and visual loss. The first cases were recognized in 1973, but the disease remained very rare until the 1980s, when an increase in incidence mainly associated with contact lens wear was reported.
C D, Illingworth, S D, Cook
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Acanthamoeba species are an important cause of microbial keratitis that may cause severe ocular inflammation and visual loss. The first cases were recognized in 1973, but the disease remained very rare until the 1980s, when an increase in incidence mainly associated with contact lens wear was reported.
C D, Illingworth, S D, Cook
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Classification of Acanthamoeba
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1991Members of the genus Acanthamoeba are being isolated with increasing frequency from clinical specimens, especially contact lens solutions. Although the genus was first established in 1931, considerable confusion about its taxonomic classification existed in the literature until recently.
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