نتایج جستجو برای: acanthamoeba keratitis

تعداد نتایج: 7017  

Journal: :Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 1986
I H Ludwig D M Meisler I Rutherford F E Bican R H Langston G S Visvesvara

Members of the genus Acanthamoeba are increasingly recognized as agents of indolent, chronic, infectious keratitis. Recently, Acanthamoeba corneal infection has been reported in some persons who wear soft contact lenses. In this study, three "heat" and three "cold" soft contact lens disinfection systems were tested according to the manufacturers' instructions against Acanthamoeba castellanii an...

Journal: :iranian journal of parasitology 0
m niyyati department of parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran s rezaie department of parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran z babaei department of parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran m rezaeian department of parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

background: acanthamoeba keratitis develops by pathogenic acanthamoeba such as a. pal­es­tinen­sis . indeed this species is one of the known causative agents of amoebic keratitis in iran. mannose binding protein (mbp) is the main pathogenicity factors for developing this sight threatening disease. we aimed to characterize mbp gene in pathogenic acanthamoeba isolates such as a. palestinensis . m...

Journal: :Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology 2019

Journal: :Journal of Clinical Microbiology 1990

2016
Azar Shokri Shahabeddin Sarvi Ahmad Daryani Mehdi Sharif

Acanthamoeba, a free-living amoeba, is widely distributed in the environment, water sources, soil, dust, and air. It can cause keratitis in contact lens wearers with poor hygiene and also fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) in immunocompromised hosts. The aim of this study was to gain some insights into the distribution and genotypes of the potentially pathogenic species of Acanthamoe...

Journal: :Journal of clinical microbiology 2009
Stephanie P Johnston Rama Sriram Yvonne Qvarnstrom Sharon Roy Jennifer Verani Jonathan Yoder Suchita Lorick Jacquelin Roberts Michael J Beach Govinda Visvesvara

Acanthamoebae are free-living amoebae found in the environment, including soil, freshwater, brackish water, seawater, hot tubs, and Jacuzzis. Acanthamoeba species can cause keratitis, a painful vision-threatening infection of the cornea, and fatal granulomatous encephalitis in humans. More than 20 species of Acanthamoeba belonging to morphological groups I, II, and III distributed in 15 genotyp...

Journal: :Journal of Rare Disorders: Diagnosis & Therapy 2018

Journal: :Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology 1991

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