Amebaborne “Attilinamassiliensis” Keratitis, France

Battaini, Alexandre; La Scola, Bernard; Yin, Gaëlle Ho Wang; Hoffart, Louis; Drancourt, Michel

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Amebaborne “Attilinamassiliensis” Keratitis, France

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Feb 2018
By Battaini, Alexandre ; La Scola, Bernard ; Yin, Gaëlle Ho Wang ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Battaini, Alexandre ; La Scola, Bernard ; Yin, Gaëlle Ho Wang ; Hoffart, Louis ; Drancourt, Michel
Description:

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.
Subjects:

Acanthamoeba Castellanii Acanthamoeba Keratitis / Drug Therapy Acanthamoeba Keratitis / Parasitology* Acanthamoeba Keratitis / Pathology Adolescent Alphaproteobacteria Benzamidines Biguanides Corynebacterium Corynebacterium Infections Female Humans Keratitis
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 24(2):387-389.
Pubmed ID:

29350163
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5782871
Document Type:

Letter
Place as Subject:

France
Volume:

24
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:c80bae9809ccc2c15737ce2aa65bc4e422d59cc81c00a1b6efc42ba489075134
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51369/cdc_51369_DS1.pdf
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