Acanthamoeba spp. as agents of disease in humans

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-307

  Marciano Cabral, Francine ^a,b   Cabral, Guy ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GENTAMICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NEOSPORIN; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISONE; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIDARABINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMEBIASIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOXICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KERATITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE CYCLE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITE CULTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING; SYMPTOM; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALGAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037398448     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.16.2.273-307.2003     Document Type: Review

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