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In vitro evaluation of antimicrobial agents on Acanthamoeba sp. and evidence of a natural resilience to amphotericin B

The free-living amoeba (FLA) Acanthamoeba sp. is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause amoebic keratitis (AK) or granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). While current treatments of AK are long with some relapses, no consensus therapy has been developed for GAE remaining lethal in 90% of the cas...

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Autores principales: Taravaud, Alexandre, Loiseau, Philippe M., Pomel, Sébastien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5604952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28918001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpddr.2017.09.002