Balamuthia mandrillaris resistance to hostile conditions

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-431

  Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah ^a   Ortega Rivas, Antonio ^b   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYST (RESTING STAGE); ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FREEZING; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; LOBOSEA; PENTAMIDINE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TROPHOZOITES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 42149091026     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47694-0     Document Type: Article

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