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Novel Anti-Acanthamoebic Activities of Irosustat and STX140 and Their Nanoformulations

Antibiotics, 2023
Pathogenic Acanthamoeba produce keratitis and fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. Treatment remains problematic and often ineffective, suggesting the need for the discovery of novel compounds.
Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji, Mohammed I. El-Gamal, Sreedevi Sajeev, Jayalakshmi Jagal, Seyed-Omar Zaraei, Rawan M. Sbenati, Hanan S. Anbar, Wolfgang Dohle, Barry V. L. Potter, Naveed Ahmed Khan   +10 more
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The first reported case of <i>Balamuthia</i> amoebic encephalitis initially presenting as anti-NMDAR encephalitis. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Balamuthia mandrillaris (B. mandrillaris) is a highly pathogenic free-living amoeba that can invade the central nervous system and cause Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis (BAE). BAE is associated
Yang S, Fan Z, Wu R, Duan L, Sun J.
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Novel Anti-amoebic Properties of Agarophytes Gracilaria changii and Gracilaria salicornia Extracts

, 2023
Introduction: Acanthamoeba is a ubiquitous and parasitic protozoan capable of causing serious human infections, resulting in blindness and even death. Seaweeds are abundant and widely known for their antimicrobial properties.
Ayaz, Anwar *, Ong, Seng Kai *, Goh, Tiong Keat *, Yow, Yoon Yen *, Khan, Naveed Ahmed *   +4 more
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Melatonin reduces the severity of experimental amoebiasis

Parasites & Vectors, 2011
Background Melatonin has immunomodulatory effects but very little is known about its influence in protozoan infections, such as Entamoeba histolytica, which causes amoebiasis, a disease with significant morbidity and mortality.
Honório-França Adenilda C, Franca Eduardo L, Oliveira Fabrício MS, França Juliana L, França-Botelho Aline C, Caliari Marcelo V, Gomes Maria A   +6 more
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Repurposing in vitro approaches for screening anti-parasitic drugs against the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2021
Naegleria fowleri is both a pathogenic and a free-living microbial eukaryote, responsible for the development of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in humans.
Rubén Martín-Escolano, Lyto Yiangou, Eleanna Kazana, Gary K. Robinson, Martin Michaelis, Anastasios D. Tsaousis   +5 more
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The Autofluorescence Patterns of Acanthamoeba castellanii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus: Effects of Antibiotics and Tetracaine

Pathogens, 2021
Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK) can lead to substantial vision loss and morbidity among contact lens wearers. Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis is a major factor contributing to poor outcomes of AK.
Hari Kumar Peguda, Saabah B. Mahbub, Tashi Doma Sherpa, Dinesh Subedi, Abbas Habibalahi, Ayad G. Anwer, Zi Gu, Mark D. P. Willcox, Ewa M. Goldys, Nicole A. Carnt   +9 more
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Acanthamoeba and bacteria produce antimicrobials to target their counterpart

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background In the microbial ecosystem, microbes compete for space and nutrients. Consequently, some have developed the ability to kill or inhibit the growth of other competing microbes by producing antimicrobial substances.
Junaid Iqbal, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed Khan   +2 more
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Effect of povidone iodine, chlorhexidine digluconate and toyocamycin on amphizoic amoebic strains, infectious agents of Acanthamoeba keratitis – a growing threat to human health worldwide

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2018
Introduction Free-living amoebae, ubiquitous in outer environments, in predisposing circumstances may exist as parasites, infectious agents of Acanthamoeba keratitis.
Marcin Padzik, Wanda Baltaza, David Bruce Conn, Jacek P. Szaflik, Lidia Chomicz   +4 more
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Scientific basis for the therapeutic use of Cymbopogon citratus, stapf (Lemon grass)

Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research, 2011
Cymbopogon citratus, Stapf (Lemon grass) is a widely used herb in tropical countries, especially in Southeast Asia. The essential oil of the plant is used in aromatherapy.
Gagan Shah, Richa Shri, Vivek Panchal, Narender Sharma, Bharpur Singh, A S Mann   +5 more
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Anti-Cancer Effects of Green Tea Polyphenols Against Prostate Cancer [PDF]

, 2019
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men. Green tea consumption is reported to play an important role in the prevention of carcinogenesis in many types of malignancies, including prostate cancer; however, epidemiological studies show ...
Shida, Yohei, Tomoaki Hakariya, Miyata, Yasuyoshi, Sakai, Hideki, Yasuyoshi Miyata, Hakariya, Tomoaki, Yohei Shida, Hideki Sakai   +7 more
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