Acanthamoeba griffini: Molecular characterization of a new corneal pathogen

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 544-550

  Ledee, Dolena R ^a   Hay, John ^b   Byers, Thomas J ^a   Seal, David V ^b   Kirkness, Colin M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S rDNA sequence; Acanthamoeba griffini; contact lenses; corneal pathology; keratitis

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZAMIDINES; CHLORHEXIDINE; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; DISINFECTANTS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 0029870511     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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