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 …

New more efficacious antimicrobials as required for the treatment of Acanthamoeba
infections as those currently available require arduous treatment regimes, are not always …

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 …

Abstract Free Living Amoeba (FLA) infections caused by Acanthamoeba genus include
chronic nervous system diseases such as Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE), or a …

Therapy against Acanthamoeba infections such as Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis
(GAE) and Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK), remains as an issue to be solved due to the …

Focused on our interest to develop novel antiparasistic agents, the present study was aimed
to evaluate the biological activity of an extract of Laurencia johnstonii collected in Baja …

Abstract Free-living Amoebae of Acanthamoeba genus include non-pathogenic and
pathogenic strains that are currently classified in 18 different genotypes, T1–T18. In this …

Naegleria fowleri causes a deadly disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
(PAM). Even though PAM is still considered a rare disease, the number of reported cases …

Acanthamoeba sp. are the causative agents of severe illnesses in humans such as
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). Medical …

Purpose Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic pathogen which is the causal agent of a sight-
threatening ulceration of the cornea known as “Acanthamoeba keratitis”(AK) and, more …