Discrimination between clinically relevant and nonrelevant Acanthamoeba strains isolated from contact lens-wearing keratitis patients in Austria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3932-3936

  Walochnik, J ^a   Haller Schober, E M ^a   Kolli H ^a   Picher, O ^a   Obwaller, A ^a   Aspock H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA HATCHETTI; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARTMANNELLA; PROTOZOA; VAHLKAMPFIA;

EID: 0034462424     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.3932-3936.2000     Document Type: Article

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