Sappinia diploidea

Sappinia diploidea
Sappinia diploidea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Amoebozoa
Phylum: Flabellinea
Family: Thecamoebidae
Genus: Sappinia
Species: S. diploidea
Binomial name
Sappinia diploidea

Sappinia diploidea is a free-living[1] amoeba species.[2]

Clinical significance

It is capable of causing infectious disease in humans[3][4][5]

Specifically, it can cause amebic encephalitis.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Visvesvara GS, Moura H, Schuster FL (June 2007). "Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and Sappinia diploidea". FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 50 (1): 1–26. doi:10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00232.x. PMID 17428307. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0928-8244&date=2007&volume=50&issue=1&spage=1. 
  2. ^ Brown MW, Spiegel FW, Silberman JD (2007). "Amoeba at attention: phylogenetic affinity of Sappinia pedata". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 54 (6): 511–9. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00292.x. PMID 18070328. 
  3. ^ "Acanthamoeba: Overview - eMedicine". http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/211214-overview. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
  4. ^ Gelman BB, Rauf SJ, Nader R, et al. (May 2001). "Amoebic encephalitis due to Sappinia diploidea". JAMA 285 (19): 2450–1. doi:10.1001/jama.285.19.2450. PMID 11368696. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11368696. 
  5. ^ Wylezich, C.; Walochnik, J.; Michel, R. (2009). "High genetic diversity of Sappinia-like strains (Amoebozoa, Thecamoebidae) revealed by SSU rRNA investigations". Parasitology research 105 (3): 869–873. doi:10.1007/s00436-009-1482-1. PMID 19495795.  edit
  6. ^ Gelman BB, Popov V, Chaljub G, et al. (October 2003). "Neuropathological and ultrastructural features of amebic encephalitis caused by Sappinia diploidea". J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 62 (10): 990–8. PMID 14575235. http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=0022-3069&volume=62&issue=10&spage=990. 
  7. ^ Marciano‐Cabral F (2009). "Free‐Living Amoebae as Agents of Human Infection". J Infect Dis 199 (8): 1104–1106. doi:10.1086/597474. PMID 19302009. 

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