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Isolation and molecular characterization of Acanthamoeba from patients with keratitis in Spain.
European journal of protistology - 1 Oct 2017
Martín-Pérez T, Criado-Fornelio A, Martínez J, Blanco M A, Fuentes I, Pérez-Serrano J
Abstract excerpt
In order to improve our knowledge on the epidemiology of amoebic keratitis, as well as the identification of Acanthamoeba isolates, we have isolated Acanthamoeba spp. from five symptomatic patients in Spain in the present study. All isolates were grown in axenic liquid medium, with only one exception. The morphology of these isolates were characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy. Their structural...
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