Identification of Acanthamoeba genotype T4 and Paravahlkampfia sp. from two clinical samples

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 392-396

  Ozkoc, Soykan ^a   Tuncay, Sema ^a   Delibas, Songul Bayram ^a   Akisu, Ciler ^a   Ozbek, Zeynep ^a   Durak, Ismet ^a   Walochnik, Julia ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AGAR; ITRACONAZOLE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; RNA 16S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; AMOEBA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA INJURY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAVAHLKAMPFIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 40549109883     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47650-0     Document Type: Article

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