An extraordinary endocytobiont in Acanthamoeba sp. isolated from a patient with keratitis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 945-950

  Scheid, P ^a   Zoller L ^a   Pressmar, S ^b   Richard, G ^b   Michel, R ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ATROPINE; BIGUANIDE; DEXPANTHENOL; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; TRISEP;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; SYMBIOSIS; TROPHOZOITES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 41549131273     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0858-3     Document Type: Article

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