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 …

Ninety years ago, the first issue of the Postgraduate Medical Journal published a review of
an article written by Mr Robert Lindsay-Rea, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon in the Western …

To report on Acanthamoeba keratitis cases in a tertiary university eye-hospital in Graz,
Austria, over a 21-year period. Retrospective study. Parameters included demographics …

Brain-eating amoebae cause devastating infections in the central nervous system of
humans, resulting in a mortality rate of 95%. There are limited effective therapeutic options …

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 …

Statins are effective sterol lowering agents with high amoebicidal activity. Nevertheless, due
to their poor aqueous solubility, they remain underused especially in eye drop formulation …

Purpose To describe the epidemiology, clinical features, and treatment outcomes of
Acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis (ASK). Design Retrospective case series. Participants All …

We examined the antiamoebic effect of several imidazothiazole derivatives on
Acanthamoeba castellanii of the T4 genotype. Trypan blue exclusion assays and …