Amphizoic amoebae: Pathogenic free-living protozoa; review of the literature and review of cases in Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 701-707

  Siripanth, Chutatip ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba spp.; Acanthopodia; Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE); Lobopodia; Naegleria fowleri; Pathogenic free living amoebae (FLA); Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALCOHOLISM; AMOEBA; GRANULOMATOUS AMEBIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; THAILAND;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; THAILAND;

EID: 23044485886     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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