Acanthamoeba spp. in Contact Lenses from Healthy Individuals from Madrid, Spain

PURPOSE: Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a painful and potentially blinding corneal infection caused by Acanthamoeba spp. In Madrid, environmental studies have demonstrated a high presence of these free-living amoebae in tap water. Since most of AK cases occur in contact lenses (CL) wearers with inad...

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Autores principales: Gomes, Thiago dos Santos, Magnet, Angela, Izquierdo, Fernando, Vaccaro, Lucianna, Redondo, Fernando, Bueno, Sara, Sánchez, Maria Luisa, Angulo, Santiago, Fenoy, Soledad, Hurtado, Carolina, del Aguila, Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27105183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154246

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27105183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154246

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