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Commensals Serve as Natural Barriers to Mammalian Cells during Acanthamoeba castellanii Invasion

Published:2021-12-22 Issue:3 Volume:9 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Wang Yu-Jen¹²,Chen Chun-Hsien¹,Chen Jenn-Wei¹³^ORCID,Lin Wei-Chen¹⁴³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

2. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan

3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

4. Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Abstract

Acanthamoeba castellanii , an opportunistic protozoan widely present in the environment, can cause Acanthamoeba keratitis and encephalitis in humans. However, only a few reports describe how the ameba acts as an opportunistic pathogen.

Funder

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/Spectrum.00512-21

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