Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a severe cause of infectious keratitis and represents a
significant clinical challenge. Recent literature regarding AK epidemiology, diagnosis …

Acanthamoeba keratitis is a sight-threatening infectious disease. Resistance of the cystic
form of the protozoan to biocides and the potential toxicity of chemical compounds to corneal …

1. A host for viruses 2. A host for yeast 3. A host for protists 4. Acanthamoeba and bacteria
interactions 5. Is Acanthamoebaan evolutionary ancestor of macrophages? 6 …

Members of the genus Acanthamoeba are facultative pathogens of humans, causing a sight-
threatening keratitis and a life-threatening encephalitis. In order to treat those infections …

The soil amoebae Acanthamoeba causes Acanthamoeba keratitis, a severe sight-
threatening infection of the eye and the almost universally fatal granulomatous amoebic …

Pathogenic free-living amoeba are known to cause a devastating infection of the central
nervous system and are often referred to as “brain-eating amoebae”. The mortality rate of …

Light and transmission electron microscopy observations are reported on the structure and
in vitro cytopathic effect of Acanthamoeba griffini trophozoites isolated from a clinical case …

Purpose To compare the efficacy of topical voriconazole 1% and the combination therapy of
0.02% polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) and 0.02% chlorhexidine for the treatment of …

Purpose Acanthamoeba and fungal infections can be recalcitrant to therapy-more so when
the deeper layers of the corneas are involved. We describe the diagnosis and successful …

Antifungal drugs have been proposed as a novel treatment for Acanthamoeba keratitis. The
cysticidal activity of several antifungal compounds was tested against different genotypes of …