Heterogeneity in cyst morphology within isolates of Acanthamoeba from keratitis patients in Thailand

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 335-340

  Jongwutiwes, Somchai ^a   Pariyakanok, Lalida ^a   Charoenkorn, Malee ^a   Yagita, Kenji ^b   Endo, Takuro ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Cyst morphology; Keratitis; Mitochondrial DNA; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DIBROMPROPAMIDINE; GRAMICIDIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEOMYCIN; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA ULCER; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TROPHOZOITE; UVEITIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034125088     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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