Effect of povidone iodine, chlorhexidine digluconate and toyocamycin on amphizoic amoebic strains, infectious agents of Acanthamoeba keratitis – a growing threat to human health worldwide
Introduction Free-living amoebae, ubiquitous in outer environments, in predisposing circumstances may exist as parasites, infectious agents of Acanthamoeba keratitis. In recent decades, the vision-threatening corneal infection is a growing human health threat worldwide, including Poland. The applied...
Main Authors: | Marcin Padzik, Wanda Baltaza, David Bruce Conn, Jacek P. Szaflik, Lidia Chomicz |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Institute of Rural Health
2018-12-01
|
Series: | Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.journalssystem.com/aaem/EFFECT-OF-POVIDONE-IODINE-CHLORHEXIDINE-DIGLUCONATE-AND-TOYOCAMYCIN-ON-AMPHIZOIC,99683,0,2.html |
Similar Items
-
El conejo como modelo animal para la reproducción de la infección corneal por Acanthamoeba polyphaga The rabbit as animal model of corneal infection by Acantamoeba polyphaga
by: BERNARDO QUIJANO, et al.
Published: (2006-06-01) -
Povidone-Iodine Induced Changes in the Cyst of Acanthamoeba spp.: Transmission Electron Microscopic Study
by: Kosol Roongruangchai
Published: (2008-11-01) -
Macromolecular effects of mitomycin C during drug induced encystment in Acanthamoeba castellanii /
by: Kuhns, Mary Catherine
Published: (1976) -
Differentiation of Acanthamoeba castellanii : evidence for a developmental morphogen and exploratory genetic approaches /
by: Akins, Robert A.,
Published: (1981) -
Comparing Lethal Dose of Povidone-iodine and Virkon® to the Acanthamoeba cyst: In vitro Study
by: Kosol Roongruangchai, et al.
Published: (2008-07-01)