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Acanthamoeba Infection in a Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipient: Challenges in Diagnosis, Management, and Source Identification

Transplant Infectious Disease, Volume 27, Issue 1, January/February 2025.
Acanthamoeba infection in HCT recipients, represent multiple challenges. Early diagnosis, and effective treatment, remain the main barriers to survival. High index of suspicion, may help in identifying cases earlier. Given its ubiquiteness, source identification remains challenging.
Camellia T. Banerjee, Sean Conlan, Anahita Mostaghim, Angela Michelin, Matthew Arduino, Mia Mattioli, Julia C. Haston, Sanchita Das, Amir Seyedmousavi, Bickey H. Chang, Elise M. O'Connell, Christopher G. Kanakry, Akbulut Dilara, Martha Quezado, Juan Gea‐Banacloche, Clay Deming, Julia A. Segre, Alison Han, Jennifer Cuellar‐Rodriguez   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genotyping of Acanthamoeba From Different Wards of Gonabad Bohlool Hospital, Northeastern Iran

International Journal of Microbiology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Acanthamoeba is a free‐living amoeba that is widely found in nature in different environments such as soil, water, and dust. This parasite is the cause of amoebic keratitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. This study is aimed at investigating the prevalence and genotypes of Acanthamoeba in different wards of Gonabad Bohlool Hospital,
Mitra Salehi, Adel Spotin, Mina Moradi, Morteza Rostamian, Hassan Reza Rokni, Bassem Refaat   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Culture Negative Confoscan Positive Acanthamoeba Keratitis : A relentless course

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2009
Acanthamoeba keratitis is a protozoal infection of the eye, mainly due to the use of non-sterile solutions, like saline for disinfecting contact lenses. We report a case where delay in the diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis due to inadequate laboratory ...
Nadia S Al Kharousi, Upender K Wali
doaj  

Acanthamoeba keratitis therapy: time to cure and visual outcome analysis for different antiamoebic therapies in 227 cases

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Aims To test the hypothesis that Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) outcomes differ for different topical antiamoebic therapies (AAT) and to provide the detailed patient outcome data. Methods A retrospective cohort study of 227 patients developing AK between 25
V. Papa, P. Rama, C. Radford, D. Minassian, J. Dart   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acanthamoeba castellanii–Mediated Reduction of Interleukin‐1β Secretion and Its Association With Macrophage Autophagy

Scientifica, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Noncanonical autophagy including unconventional protein secretion has been extensively studied. Our work focused on a leaderless IL‐1β protein secretion from human macrophage in response to Acanthamoeba castellanii components, Acanthamoeba culture supernatant (CS) and cell lysate (CL), as well as its association with macrophage autophagy.
Rachasak Boonhok, Wilaiwan Senghoi, Suthinee Sangkanu, Chooi Ling Lim, Matsayapan Pudla, Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Polrat Wilairatana, Tooba Mahboob, Md. Atiar Rahman, Pongsak Utaisincharoen, Poonsit Hiransai, Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Simone Carradori   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amebicidal and Antiadhesion Activities of Knema retusa Extract Against Acanthamoeba triangularis T4 Genotype on Contact Lenses and Modeling Simulation of Its Main Compound, E2N, Against Acanthamoeba Beta‐Tubulin

Scientifica, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Medicinal plants have been used as alternative agents for the treatment of infections. This study aimed to investigate bioactivities of medicinal plant extracts including Knema retusa extract (Kre) against Acanthamoeba triangularis T4 in vitro and in silico. Anti‐Acanthamoeba activities of 44 extracts from 5 plant species were determined.
Watcharapong Mitsuwan, Imran Sama-ae, Suthinee Sangkanu, Dhrubo Ahmed Khan, Partha Biswas, Md. Nazmul Hasan, Julalak Chuprom, Tajudeen O. Jimoh, Christophe Wiart, Masyitah Binti Zulkipli, Nor Hayati Abdullah, Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Sonia M. Rodrigues Oliveira, Shanmuga Sundar Saravanabhavan, Polrat Wilairatana, Tooba Mahboob, Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Sukhamoy Gorai   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of epidemiological features, microbiological diagnosis and treatment outcome of microbial keratitis: Experience of over a decade

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009
Purpose : To review the epidemiological characteristics, microbiological profile, and treatment outcome of patients with suspected microbial keratitis.
Gopinathan Usha, Sharma Savitri, Garg Prashant, Rao Gullapalli   +3 more
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Аcanthamoeba keratitis and outcomes of the treatment (clinical cases)

Oftalʹmologiâ, 2016
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) — corneal inflammation caused by protozoa — Acanthamoeba. The disease is related mainly with wearing of contact lens, pathogen — Acanthamoeba penetrates under the contact lenses.
M. M. Bikbov, V. K. Surkova, E. L. Usubov, N. A. Nikitin   +3 more
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The first Acanthamoeba keratitis case in the Midwest region of Brazil: diagnosis, genotyping of the parasite and disease outcome [PDF]

, 2018
Daniella de Sousa Mendes Moreira Alves, Gustavo Souza Gonçalves, Aline Silva Moraes, Luciano Moreira Alves, José Rodrigues do Carmo Neto, Mariana Hecht, Nadjar Nitz, Rodrigo Gurgel‐Gonçalves, Geisa Bernardes, Ana Maria de Castro, Maria Regina Chalita, Marina Clare Vinaud   +11 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Gurnani B, Ronquillo Y, Moshirfar M.
europepmc   +2 more sources