Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France

We report a case of Acanthamoeba castellani keratitis in a person who wore contact lenses. The amebae hosted an ameba-resistant bacterial symbiont, provisionally named “Attilina massiliensis,” a yet undescribed α-Proteobacterium.

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Autores principales: Battaini, Alexandre, La Scola, Bernard, Yin, Gaëlle Ho Wang, Hoffart, Louis, Drancourt, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350163
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170541
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author Battaini, Alexandre
La Scola, Bernard
Yin, Gaëlle Ho Wang
Hoffart, Louis
Drancourt, Michel
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spelling pubmed-57828712018-02-07 Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France Battaini, Alexandre La Scola, Bernard Yin, Gaëlle Ho Wang Hoffart, Louis Drancourt, Michel Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a case of Acanthamoeba castellani keratitis in a person who wore contact lenses. The amebae hosted an ameba-resistant bacterial symbiont, provisionally named “Attilina massiliensis,” a yet undescribed α-Proteobacterium. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5782871/ /pubmed/29350163 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170541 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Battaini, Alexandre
La Scola, Bernard
Yin, Gaëlle Ho Wang
Hoffart, Louis
Drancourt, Michel
Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France
title Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France
title_full Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France
title_fullStr Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France
title_full_unstemmed Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France
title_short Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France
title_sort amebaborne “attilina massiliensis” keratitis, france
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350163
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170541
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