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Clinical Manifestations and Etiology of Liver Abscess in Children in Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]
Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care, 2023 Background: The liver is a major metabolic organ with a dual blood supply, hence vulnerable to infection. The liver abscess (LA) is a space-occupying lesion in the liver parenchyma filled with pus caused by bacteria, parasites, or fungus. Objective: To
Priyanka Devi +5 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Free-living amoebae are described as potential reservoirs for pathogenic bacteria in the environment. It has been hypothesized that this might be the case for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for paratuberculosis. In
Amélie Jessu +6 more
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Acanthamoeba polyphaga-enhanced growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium smegmatis is a rapidly-growing mycobacterium causing rare opportunistic infections in human patients. It is present in soil and water environments where free-living amoeba also reside, but data regarding M.
Otmane Lamrabet +2 more
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A New Biocontrol Tool to Fight Potato Late Blight Based on Willaertia magna C2c Maky Lysate
Plants, 2022 Potato late blight (PLB) is one of the most destructive disease affecting potatoes. Late blight control relies almost exclusively on the use of chemical pesticides, including copper products, which are efficient but controversial due to their ...
Sandrine Troussieux +2 more
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Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2021 Background Entamoeba gingivalis has been associated with periodontal diseases. Baseline data from the background population, which could help delimit the role of the parasite in health and disease, remain limited.
Christen Rune Stensvold +5 more
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First Record of Potentially Pathogenic Amoeba Vermamoeba vermiformis (Lobosea: Gymnamoebia) Isolated from a Freshwater of Dokdo Island in the East Sea, Korea [PDF]
Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 2016 Vermamoeba vermiformis is a very important free-living amoeba for human health in association with Legionnaires’ disease and keratitis. This interesting amoeba was firstly isolated from a freshwater of Dokdo (island), which was historically used for ...
Jong Soo Park
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mBio, 2020 Legionella pneumophila governs its interactions with host cells by secreting >300 different “effector” proteins. Some of these effectors contain eukaryotic domains such as the RCC1 (regulator of chromosome condensation 1) repeats promoting the activation
A. Leoni Swart +11 more
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The ‘Amoeboid Predator-Fungal Animal Virulence’ Hypothesis
Journal of Fungi, 2019 The observation that some aspects of amoeba-fungal interactions resemble animal phagocytic cell-fungal interactions, together with the finding that amoeba passage can enhance the virulence of some pathogenic fungi, has stimulated interest in the amoeba ...
Arturo Casadevall +3 more
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Amoeba-Resisting Bacteria and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 To evaluate the role of amoeba-associated bacteria as agents of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), we tested the water from an intensive care unit (ICU) every week for 6 months for such bacteria isolates; serum samples and bronchoalveolar lavage ...
Bernard La Scola +5 more
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Clinical Characteristic of Bloody Diarrhea in Under- Five Pediatric Inpatients
Archives of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, 2022 Background: Diarrhea is the most common cause of death in under-five children. Bloody diarrhea comprises around 10% of all cases of diarrhea and may lead to severe complications until death.
Steven Christian Susianto +7 more
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