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Evaluation of In Vitro Antiamoebic Activity of Antimicrobial Agents Against Clinical Acanthamoeba Isolates.
Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics - 1 Oct 2017
Nakaminami Hidemasa, Tanuma Kentaro, Enomoto Kiichi, Yoshimura Yukihiko, Onuki Tomoyo, Nihonyanagi Shin, Hamada Yukihiro, Noguchi Norihisa
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to elucidate in vitro antiamoebic activity of antimicrobial agents at short exposure times similar to those used for actual treatment against Acanthamoeba strains isolated from patients with keratitis. METHODS: The 5 clinical Acanthamoeba isolated in Japan were used in this study. Identification of genotypes for the Acanthamoeba isolates was performed using partial 18S ribosomal...
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