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    Acanthamoeba SPP.: Chapter 2: Protozoan Infections

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    This section discusses the free-living pathogenic ameba Acanthamoeba spp., which causes Acanthamoeba keratitis and granulomatous amebic encephalitis in humans. Acanthamoeba spp. is an ubiquitous free-living ameba with both an active trophozoite stage containing thorn-like appendages and a resilient cyst stage. It can survive in many natural and artificial environments, including contact lens cleaning solutions, and feeds on bacteria, algae, and yeasts or human cells through phagocytosis and enzyme secretion.

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    This section discusses the free-living pathogenic ameba Acanthamoeba spp., which causes Acanthamoeba keratitis and granulomatous amebic encephalitis in humans. Acanthamoeba spp. is an ubiquitous free-living ameba with both an active trophozoite stage containing thorn-like appendages and a resilient cyst stage. It can survive in many natural and artificial environments, including contact lens cleaning solutions, and feeds on bacteria, algae, and yeasts or human cells through phagocytosis and enzyme secretion.

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    CHAPTER 2: PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS

    (con’t)

    FREE-LIVING PATHOGENIC AMEBAE

     Parasite:
    Acanthamoeba spp.

     Parasite Biology
    - A ubiquitous, free-living ameba

    - Etiologic agent of:


    Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) and
    Granulomatous amebic encephalitis

    - Characterized by an active
    trophozoite stage with characteristic
    prominent “thorn-like” appendages
    (acanthopodia)

    - Highly resilient cyst stage into which


    it transforms when envi conditions
    are not favorable

    - It is an aquatic organism that is


    found in a myriad of natural and
    artificial environments, and can
    survive even in contact lens cleaning
    solutions.

    - Motile trophozoites feed on gram-


    negative bacteria, blue-green algae,
    or yeasts and reproduce by binary
    fission

    - but can also adapt to feed on


    corneal epithelial cells and
    neurologic tissue through
    phagocytosis and secretion of lytic
    enzymes

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