Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is increasingly being recognized as a severe sight-threatening
ocular infection worldwide. Although contact lens wear is the leading risk factor for AK …

The ubiquitous free-living amoebae (FLA) are microorganisms of significant medical,
sanitary, and ecological importance. However, their characterization within solid matrices …

House dust is a complex mixture of inorganic and organic material with microbes in
abundance. Few microbial species are actually able to grow and proliferate in dust and only …

This study investigated the occurrence of free-living amoebae (FLA) in immunodeficiency
wards of hospitals in Tehran, Iran. A total of 70 dust and biofilm samples from wards serving …

During a study on the quality of the indoor environment, Acanthamoeba spp. were detected
in 20 out of 87 dust samples collected from air-conditioners installed in a four-story campus …

Free-living amoebae (FLA) are widely dispersed in the environment, can cause
opportunistic and non-opportunistic infections in humans and other animals. The aim of the …

Acanthamoeba, an opportunistic protozoan pathogen, is ubiquitous in nature, and therefore
plays a predatory role and helps control microbial communities in the ecosystem. These …

Free-living amoebae (FLA) thrive in diverse environmental conditions. The present study
aimed to define the FLA distribution from the Caspian Sea as well as from hospital ward dust …

Free-living amoebae (FLA) are a group of protozoa with the capabilities of growth in the
environment and invasion to the human body which have been isolated from different water …

Amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba are free-living protozoa that can cause
granulomatous encephalitis and keratitis in humans. In this study, four clinical and three …