Environmental detection and genetic profiling of Acanthamoeba in high-risk medical facilities.

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2025.05.022

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Environmental detection and genetic profiling of Acanthamoeba in high-risk medical facilities.

American journal of infection control - 1 Oct 2025

Sareminejad Sara, Kheirandish Farnaz, Mamaghani Amirreza Javadi, Niyyati Maryam, Ebrahimzadeh Farzad, Yarahmadi Mohammad, Karimi Azadeh, Moosavi Syedeh Fatemeh, Zebardast Nozhat, Fallahi Shirzad

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BACKGROUND: Acanthamoeba parasite, one of the most common environmental protozoans, can be isolated from contact lenses, cleaning solutions, ventilation systems, dental treatment units, dialysis units, and emergency showers. Since the genus Acanthamoeba can lead to dangerous infectious diseases in immunocompromised patients, monitoring medical centers and hospitals admitting these patients, is of great...

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PMID: 40482717
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.05.022

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