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Human infections caused by free-living amoebae
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2017 Introduction Among free-living amoebae that are widely distributed in nature only four genera/species are known as agents of human infections: Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleriafowleri, Balamuthia mandrillaris and Sappiniapedata.
Katarzyna Król-Turmińska +1 more
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Pathogenic free-living amoeba [PDF]
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, 2017 Abstract Invasions caused by free-living and parasitic limax amoeba can pose a major threat to human health and life. The amoeba from the genera Acanthamoeba and Naegleria as well as the following species: Sappina ...
Natalia Łanocha-Arendarczyk +5 more
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Infections Caused by Free-Living Amoebae. [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2022 Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri , Acanthamoeba spp., and Balamuthia mandrillaris result in a variety of clinical manifestations in humans. These amoebae are found in water and soil worldwide. Acanthamoeba spp.
Kofman A, Guarner J.
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Allovahlkampfia spelaea Causing Keratitis in Humans. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 BACKGROUND:Free-living amoebae are present worldwide. They can survive in different environment causing human diseases in some instances. Acanthamoeba sp. is known for causing sight-threatening keratitis in humans.
Mohammed Essa Marghany Tolba +7 more
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Microorganisms Resistant to Free-Living Amoebae [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2004 SUMMARYFree-living amoebae feed on bacteria, fungi, and algae. However, some microorganisms have evolved to become resistant to these protists. These amoeba-resistant microorganisms include established pathogens, such asCryptococcus neoformans, Legionellaspp.,Chlamydophila pneumoniae,Mycobacterium avium,Listeria monocytogenes,Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...
Gilbert, Greub, Didier, Raoult
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Pathogenic free-living amoebae in Korea [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2004 Acanthamoeba and Naegleria are widely distributed in fresh water, soil and dust throughout the world, and cause meningoencephalitis or keratoconjunctivitis in humans and other mammals. Korean isolates, namely, Naegleria sp. YM-1 and Acanthamoeba sp. YM-2, YM-3, YM-4, YM-5, YM-6 and YM-7, were collected from sewage, water puddles, a storage reservoir ...
Ho-Joon, Shin, Kyung-il, Im
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Occurrence of small free-living amoebae from natural water resources
Environment Conservation Journal, 2009 Small free-living amoebae are also called as amphizoic amoebae, because of their capability to exist both as free-living as well as opportunistically pathogenic.
Tabrez Ahmad, Newton Paul, A. K. Sharma
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 We report the first isolation of a widely distributed free-living soil amoeba Leptomyxa (Amoebozoa, Leptomyxida) from endozoic conditions. The amoebae were detected after 14 days following inoculation of the intestine of the earthworm Lumbricus ...
M. Mrva, T. Borovičková, M. Garajová
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Cornea, 2017 Purpose: To describe the diagnostic and clinical features and treatment results in 43 consecutive patients with microbiologically proven free-living amoebae (FLA) keratitis. Methods: In this hospital-based, prospective case series, corneal scrapings from 43 patients with presumed ...
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