"Acanthamoeba" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthamoeba" by people in Profiles.
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Survival of an AIDS patient after infection with Acanthamoeba sp. of the central nervous system. Infection. 2017 Oct; 45(5):715-718.
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A rare case of cutaneous acanthamoebiasis in a renal transplant patient. Dermatol Online J. 2017 Mar 15; 23(3).
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Molecular mimicry by an F-box effector of Legionella pneumophila hijacks a conserved polyubiquitination machinery within macrophages and protozoa. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Dec; 5(12):e1000704.
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A Dot/Icm-translocated ankyrin protein of Legionella pneumophila is required for intracellular proliferation within human macrophages and protozoa. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Nov; 70(4):908-23.
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The clinical diagnosis of microbial keratitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Jun; 143(6):940-944.
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Disseminated acanthamoebiasis after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Feb; 25(2):237-40.
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Uptake and replication of Salmonella enterica in Acanthamoeba rhysodes. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Jun; 70(6):3706-14.
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Editorial comment: Acanthamoeba infection--a fatal opportunistic infection. AIDS Read. 2004 Jan; 14(1):48.
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Disseminated Acanthamoeba infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected infant. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Feb; 22(2):197-9.
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Laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis using buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar. Am J Ophthalmol. 1998 Oct; 126(4):590-2.