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Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae

Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Sappinia sp. are pathogenic free-living amoebae. N. fowleri causes Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, a rapidly fatal disease of the central nervous system, while Acanthamoeba spp. and B. mandrillaris cause chronic granulomatous en...

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Autores principales: da Rocha-Azevedo, Bruno, Tanowitz, Herbert B., Marciano-Cabral, Francine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2719787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19657454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/251406