Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2018)

Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France

  • Alexandre Battaini,
  • Bernard La Scola,
  • Gaëlle Ho Wang Yin,
  • Louis Hoffart,
  • Michel Drancourt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170541
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. 387 – 389

Abstract

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We report a case of Acanthamoeba castellani keratitis in a person who wore contact lenses. The amebae hosted an ameba-resistant bacterial symbiont, provisionally named “Attilina massiliensis,” a yet undescribed α-Proteobacterium.

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