| first case of granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by acanthamoeba castellanii in taiwan. | we report the first case of granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by acanthamoeba in a previously healthy farmer in taiwan who fell into a ditch. the dna amplicons of amebas identified by polymerase chain reaction in the cerebrospinal fluid specimen and the ditch water specimens were identical and shared strong homology with a. castellanii . he survived after treatment with amphotericin b, rifampin, and corticosteroids. | 2009 | 19635883 |
| characterizing clinical isolates of acanthamoeba castellanii with high resistance to polyhexamethylene biguanide in taiwan. | acanthamoeba keratitis (ak), a painful infectious corneal disease, is caused by the free-living pathogenic species acanthamoeba. the symptoms include corneal infiltrate, epithelial, and stromal destruction, and loss of vision. current treatment generally involves an hourly application of polyhexamethylene biguanide (phmb) over a period of several days; however, even this is not entirely effective against all strains/isolates. the aims of this study were to confirm the existence of pathogenic str ... | 2015 | 26698685 |
| identification and quantification of the acanthamoeba species and genotypes from reservoirs in taiwan by molecular techniques. | the occurrence of acanthamoeba was investigated from 21 main reservoirs of taiwan with 12 (57.1%) testing positive. analysis of the 18s rrna gene pcr product was performed in order to identify the acanthamoeba isolates. acanthamoeba spp. concentrations were determined according to taqman real-time qpcr. acanthamoeba genotypes of all isolates were identified t4. the species were categorized to acanthamoeba culbertsoni, acanthamoeba polyphaga, acanthamoeba castellanii and acanthamoeba hatchetti. t ... | 2014 | 24388954 |