Bacterial infections of free-living amoebae

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 613-619

  Winiecka Krusnell, Jadwiga ^a   Linder, Ewert ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba spp.; Bacterial endosymbionts; Free living amoebae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMOEBA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATITIS; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECOGNITION; SANITATION; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034878434     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(01)01240-2     Document Type: Review

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