Acanthamoeba
(ă-kan″thă-mē′bă)
[acanth- + amoeba]
A genus of amoeba, found in soil and fresh water. Some species are opportunists that cause infections in humans and other animals, e.g., granulomatous amebic encephalitis.
SEE: granulomatous amebic encephalitis
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Acanthamoeba." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773696/all/Acanthamoeba.
Acanthamoeba. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773696/all/Acanthamoeba. Accessed October 10, 2024.
Acanthamoeba. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773696/all/Acanthamoeba
Acanthamoeba [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773696/all/Acanthamoeba.
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