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Comparative genomic analysis of Acanthamoeba from different sources and horizontal transfer events of antimicrobial resistance genes

mSphere
Acanthamoeba species are among the most common free-living amoeba and ubiquitous protozoa, mainly distributed in water and soil, and cause Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) and severe visual impairment in patients.
Xinyi Ling, Xiaobin Gu, Yue Shen, Chunyan Fu, Yumei Zhou, Yiling Yin, Yanqiu Gao, Yiwei Zhu, Yongliang Lou, Meiqin Zheng   +9 more
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The possibility of Differentiation Acanthamoeba Strains from the Infected Cornea by EcoR1 Enzyme

پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2000
Acanthamoeba keratitis is increasingly being diagnosed among people who wear thrapeutic and cosmetic contact lenses. The chain of events is thought to begin with contamination of the contact lens storage cases with Acanthamoeba from household or mains ...
Siavash Sadeghian
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[Amebic keratitis-keratitis acanthamoeba].

Klinika oczna, 1995
In seventeen patients who suffered of corneal ulcer, and were negative in bacteriological and mycological examinations, parasitological tests were performed between 1990-1992. Acanthamoeba keratitis was diagnosed in one patient with characteristic corneal changes of right eye following trauma. The patient was not a contact lens wearer. The amoeba found
R, Gieryng, M, Prost, H, Gieryng, T, Mazur, W, Kasprzak   +4 more
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Gurnani B, Ronquillo Y, Moshirfar M.
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A case of radial keratoneuritis in non-Acanthamoeba keratitis

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2012
Tetsuya Mutoh, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Makoto ChikudaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Saitama, JapanAbstract: A case of non-Acanthamoeba keratitis with radial keratoneuritis, which is thought to be pathognomonic for ...
Mutoh T, Matsumoto Y, Chikuda M
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Oxford Nanopore Technology-Based Identification of an Acanthamoeba castellanii Endosymbiosis in Microbial Keratitis

Microorganisms
(1) Background: Microbial keratitis is a serious eye infection that carries a significant risk of vision loss. Acanthamoeba spp. are known to cause keratitis and their bacterial endosymbionts can increase virulence and/or treatment resistance and thus ...
Sebastian Alexander Scharf, Lennart Friedrichs, Robert Bock, Maria Borrelli, Colin MacKenzie, Klaus Pfeffer, Birgit Henrich   +6 more
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Can Acanthamoeba keratitis be properly diagnosed without culture in the real-world clinical microbiology laboratory?: a case report

Annals of Clinical Microbiology
Acanthamoeba species are ubiquitous, free-living organisms found in the environment. They can cause a sight-threatening cornea disease, termed Acanthamoeba keratitis, and are often misdiagnosed, causing delayed administration of the correct treatment ...
Bosung Park, Ho Seok Chung, Eun Jeong Won, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim   +4 more
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Concomitant Potentially Contagious Factors Detected in Poland and Regarding Acanthamoeba Strains, Etiological Agents of Keratitis in Humans

Microorganisms
Background: Diseases in humans caused by amphizoic amoebae that can result in visual impairment and even blindness, have recently been identified more frequently worldwide.
Lidia Chomicz, Jacek P. Szaflik, Agnieszka Kuligowska, David Bruce Conn, Wanda Baltaza, Beata Szostakowska, Paweł J. Zawadzki, Monika Dybicz, Anna Machalińska, Konrad Perkowski, Anna Bajer, Jerzy Szaflik   +11 more
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Diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis-A report of four cases and review of literature

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1990
Acanthamoeba keratitis is not reported often in India. We reported the first case diagnosed in this country a year back. In this communication, four more cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis diagnosed since then are being reported along with a brief review of
Sharma Savitri, Srinivasan M, George Celine   +2 more
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Ring infiltrates in Pythium keratitis

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
This study highlights the clinical presentation of ring infiltrates (RI) in Pythium keratitis, typically associated with fungal or Acanthamoeba keratitis, emphasizing diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Amanjot Kaur, Amrita Mohanty, Sujata Das, Smruti Rekha Priyadarshini, Srikant Kumar Sahu   +4 more
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