Acanthamoeba [Acanthamoeba]
topical
29
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D000048
Definition
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.
- Annotation
- infection: coordinate with AMEBIASIS; for encephalitis caused by this organism, coordinate also with CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS + INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc.) if pertinent
- DUI
- D000048 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0000074
- Previous indexing
- Amoeba (1966-1987)
- History note
- 88
- Public note
- 88
Allowable subheadings
- CH
- chemistry
- CL
- classification 4
- CY
- cytology 1
- DE
- drug effects 3
- EN
- enzymology
- GE
- genetics 3
- GD
- growth & development 5
- IM
- immunology 1
- IP
- isolation & purification 7
- ME
- metabolism 3
- MI
- microbiology 2
- PS
- parasitology 3
- PY
- pathogenicity 16
- PH
- physiology 7
- RE
- radiation effects
- UL
- ultrastructure 2
- VI
- virology 1
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Occurrences in Medvik records
B
Organisms