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Antiamoebic Properties of Laboratory and Clinically Used Drugs against Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2022
Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris are pathogenic free-living amoebae that infect the central nervous system with over 95% mortality rates.
Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Entamoeba histolytica alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (EhADH2) as a target for anti-amoebic agents [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2004
The current use of metronidazole as an anti-amoebic agent causes significant side-effects. The purpose of this study was to identify alternative compounds with which to treat amoebiasis.We tested the effects of cyclopropyl (CPC) and cyclobutyl (CBC) carbinols on the survival of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites and on the enzymatic activities of E ...
Avelina, Espinosa   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Chlorhexidine 0.02% or polyhexamethylene biguanide 0.02% as the main treatment for Acanthamoeba keratitis

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To report medical cure and treatment failure rates of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) with respect to type of treatment, disease stage and prognostic factors. Methods Electronic records were reviewed for 45 patients with PCR‐positive AK treated at the Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark from 2012 to 2025 ...
Anders Ivarsen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Curcumin Attenuates the Pathogenicity of Entamoeba histolytica by Regulating the Expression of Virulence Factors in an Ex-Vivo Model Infection

open access: yesPathogens, 2019
Infection with the enteric protozoan Entamoeba histolytica is still a serious public health problem, especially in developing countries. Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of the amoebiasis, and it can lead to ...
Itzia Azucena Rangel-Castañeda   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of Nonsteroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs for Food‐Producing Animals With a Focus on Potential Applications for Farmed Finfish

open access: yesJournal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In finfish aquaculture, there are several inflammatory diseases impacting productivity and animal welfare, however there are limited options available to veterinarians to treat inflammation and pain in fish. Nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used in terrestrial animals raised for human consumption to treat a range of ...
Chloe J. English   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Form of Agency

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Philosophers often think agency is essentially connected with rationality, intention, or control. However, Minimalists argue that agency is just the power to cause a change; acids and boulders are agents too. Many philosophers treat Minimalism as a wild outlier, assuming its falsity without argument.
William Hornett
wiley   +1 more source

STATUS FITOFARMAKA DAN PERKEMBANGAN AGROTEKNOLOGI CABE JAWA (Piper Retrofractum Vahl.)

open access: yesJurnal Agrotropika, 2020
Java long pepper is a native of Southeast Asia, cultivated in Indonesia as spice and medicinal plant. As traditional medicine, its fruits are used as aphrodisiac, carminative, expectorant, laxative, digestive, anti-amoebic, anti-asthma, anti-septic and ...
Rusdi Evizal
doaj   +1 more source

Restoration ecology in conflict along the Colorado front range

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is a challenge to restoration in western North America. It attracts the attention of academic and government research scientists, weed managers, and chemical companies. Attempts to control it cause conflicts among these groups.
G. Robert Brakenridge, Tim R. Seastedt
wiley   +1 more source

Syndromic Convergence in Aquaculture Disease Management: A Critical Review of Climate‐Pathobiome Interactions, Diagnostic Frameworks, and Knowledge Gaps

open access: yesReviews in Aquaculture, Volume 18, Issue 4, September 2026.
Syndromic convergence (SyCo) reframes aquaculture disease as the synergistic product of climate‐driven stressors, pathobiome communities, and host immune compromise, not single pathogens. A five‐criterion scoring matrix, composite early warning index, and three‐layer intervention framework together operationalize this shift toward predictive ...
Ilhan Altinok
wiley   +1 more source

Silver Nanoparticles as a Novel Potential Preventive Agent against Acanthamoeba Keratitis

open access: yesPathogens, 2020
Free living, cosmopolitan amoebae from Acanthamoeba genus present a serious risk to human health. As facultative human parasites, these amoebae may cause Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK).
Edyta B. Hendiger   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

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