Acanthamoeba T4 and T15 genotypes associated with keratitis infections in Italy

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-612

  Di Cave, D ^a,b   Monno, R ^c   Bottalico, P ^c   Guerriero, S ^c   D'Amelio, S ^d   D'Orazi, C ^b   Berrilli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUCONAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; RNA 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAIN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHOTOPHOBIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS BODY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 67349205388     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0682-4     Document Type: Article

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