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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2015

Acanthamoeba encephalitis: isolation of genotype T1 in mycobacterial liquid culture medium.

Rula Azzam, Paul R Badenoch, Michelle J Francis, Charles Fernandez, Penelope J Adamson, Claire Dendle, Ian Woolley, Jenny Robson, Tony M Korman, Maryza Graham

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Rula AzzamMonash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Paul R BadenochDepartment of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Michelle J FrancisDepartment of Microbiology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Charles FernandezDepartment of Microbiology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Penelope J AdamsonDepartment of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia.
Claire DendleMonash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Ian WoolleyMonash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Jenny RobsonSullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Tony M KormanMonash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Department of Microbiology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Maryza GrahamMonash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Department of Microbiology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Maryza.Graham@monashhealth.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of Acanthamoeba encephalitis diagnosed from an antemortem brain biopsy specimen, where the organism was first isolated in mycobacterial liquid medium and first identified by using a sequence generated by a commercial panfungal sequencing assay. We correlate susceptibility results with clinical outcome.

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GenotypeAcanthamoebaAgedBiopsyBrainCentral Nervous System Protozoal InfectionsDNA, ProtozoanHistocytochemistryHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMicrobiological TechniquesMicroscopyMolecular Sequence DataRadiographySequence Analysis, DNADNA, Protozoan

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PMID25502534
PMCPMC4298535

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