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- A species of free-living soil amoebae in the family Acanthamoebidae. It can cause ENCEPHALITIS and KERATITIS in humans.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
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 - Figure 1. Acanthamoeba castellanii on hematoxylin and eosin stain of brain biopsy.
 - Figure 2. Acanthamoeba castellanii shown by immunofluorescent staining.
- Notes
- Figures 1 and 2 contributed by Jyoti Somani, MD, and Frederick Nolte, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Copyright 40th Annual Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), 2002. Used with permission.
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- References
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- National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
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