Identification of Acanthamoeba sp. in paraffin-embedded CNS tissue from an HIV+ individual by PCR

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-294

  MacLean, Rebecca C ^a   Hafez, Naiel ^a   Tripathi, Sarika ^a   Childress, Clarence G ^a   Ghatak, Nitya R ^a   Marciano Cabral, Francine ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; AIDS; Balamuthia; GAE; PCR

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PARAFFIN; PHENYTOIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAKERATOSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; SEIZURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 33847248419     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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