Demonstration of presence of Acanthamoeba mitochondrial DNA in brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid by PCR in samples from a patient who died of granulomatous amebic encephalitis [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2090-2091

  Yagi, Shigeo ^a   Schuster, Frederick L ^a   Bloch, Karen ^b  

^a VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 34250642716     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02435-06     Document Type: Letter

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