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PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
Volume 118, Issue 6, Pages 1999-2004Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06312-y
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Free-living amoebae; Vermamoeba vermiformis; Hartmannella vermiformis; Tissue infection
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In the present article, we report on the identification of Vermamoeba (Hartmannella) vermiformis as the etiological agent of a tissue infection close to the eye of a female patient. Laboratory examination revealed no involvement of any pathogenic bacteria or fungi in the tissue infection. V. vermiformis was identified by cultivation and morphology of trophozoites and cysts as well as phylogenetic analysis of nuclear 18S rDNA. The lesion improved in the course of 4weeks by application of zinc paste.
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