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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/35493| Title: | A simple microscopy technique for acanthamoeba identification |
| Authors: | Debono, Portia |
| Keywords: | Acanthamoeba -- Malta -- Case studies Contact lenses -- Health aspects Infection |
| Issue Date: | 1992 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy |
| Citation: | Debono, P. (1992). A simple microscopy technique for acanthamoeba identification. In A. Serracino-Inglott (Ed.), Pharmacy Final Year Students 1992 Project Abstracts, Vol. 2, (pp. 501-507). University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy. |
| Abstract: | Acanthamoeba, a ubiquitous free living protozoa, has been implicated in a number of diseases, the most serious are Acanthamoeba keratitis (Cohen et al., 1987; Moore, 1989) and granulomotous amoebic encephalitis in immunosuppressed patients (Martinez, 1985). Identification techniques of this organism are scanty and nonspecific in Malta. This can easily lead to misidentification of the amoeba, especially by an inexperienced observer (Silvany et al., 1987). |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/35493 |
| Appears in Collections: | Pharmacy final year students 1992 project abstracts : volume two |
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