"Acanthamoeba" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of free-living soil amoebae that produces no flagellate stage. Its organisms are pathogens for several infections in humans and have been found in the eye, bone, brain, and respiratory tract.
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D000048
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.500.100.075.080
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthamoeba" by people in Profiles.
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Acanthamoeba endophthalmitis following penetrating keratoplasty for Acanthamoeba keratitis. Arch Ophthalmol. 2010 Apr; 128(4):505-6.