In vitro effect of Acanthospermum australe (Asteraceae) extracts on Acanthamoeba polyphaga trophozoites

• Main Authors: LC Castro (Author), IP Sauter (Author), EM Ethur (Author), C Kauffmann (Author), R Dall'agnol (Author), J Souza (Author), SP Cibulski (Author), AW Muniz (Author), L Weidlich (Author), PM Lohmann (Author), PM Roehe (Author), JC Germani (Author), MB Rott (Author), ST Vand Der Sand (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acanthamoeba is a free-living protozoan widely distributed in the environment, occurring in vegetative trophozoite and resistance cyst stages during its life cycle. It constitutes an etiological agent of Acanthamoeba keratitis, a disease that may cause severe ocular inflammation and blindness. New d...