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Acanthamoeba: biology and increasing importance in human health.

Abstract

Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic protozoan that is widely distributed in the environment and is well recognized to produce serious human infections, including a blinding keratitis and a fatal encephalitis. This review presents our current understanding of the burden of Acanthamoeba infections on human health, their pathogenesis and pathophysiology, and molecular mechanisms associated with the disease, as well as virulence traits of Acanthamoeba that may be targets for therapeutic interventions and/or the development of preventative measures.

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Year: 2006 PMID： 16774587 DOI： 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00023.x

Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Microbiol Rev ISSN： 0168-6445 Impact factor: 16.408

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Acanthamoeba: biology and increasing importance in human health.

1. Increase in acid tolerance of Campylobacter jejuni through coincubation with amoebae.

2. Susceptibility of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) to Acanthamoeba polyphaga (Sarcomastigophora: Acanthamoebidae).

3. Isolation and identification of Acanthamoeba species from natural water sources in the northeastern part of Thailand.

Review 4. War on terror cells: killing the host that harbours 'superbugs' is an infection control strategy in our fight against infectious diseases.

5. In vitro comparative assessment of different viability assays in Acanthamoeba castellanii and Acanthamoeba polyphaga trophozoites.

6. [The German Acanthamoeba keratitis register: Initial results of a multicenter study].

7. Natural occurrence of Mycobacterium as an endosymbiont of Acanthamoeba isolated from a contact lens storage case.

8. Silver nanoparticle conjugation affects antiacanthamoebic activities of amphotericin B, nystatin, and fluconazole.

9. Acanthamoeba and Dictyostelium Use Different Foraging Strategies.

10. First report of an Acanthamoeba genotype T13 isolate as etiological agent of a keratitis in humans.