Detection of Bacterial Endosymbionts in Clinical Acanthamoeba Isolates

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Iovieno, Alfonso ^a   Ledee, Dolena R ^a   Miller, Darlene ^a   Alfonso, Eduardo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEGIONELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77049097374     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.08.033     Document Type: Article

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