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Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018
Research Letter

Amebaborne “Attilina massiliensis” Keratitis, France

Alexandre Battaini, Bernard La Scola, Gaëlle Ho Wang Yin, Louis Hoffart, and Michel DrancourtComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France (A. Battaini, B. La Scola, M. Drancourt); Aix-Marseille University–APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille (G.H.W. Yin, L. Hoffart)

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Results of testing for a 17-year-old woman with keratoconjunctivitis symptoms, Marseille, France, July 2016. A) Slit-lamp optic microscopic photograph of left eye infected with pseudo-dendritic keratitis associated with Acanthamoeba castellani–“Attilina massiliensis” ocular infection. B) Microscopic aspect of A. castellani ameba infected by “A. massiliensis” from corneal swab sample. C) Optic microscopy image of flagellated, free-living “A. massiliensis” from swab sample. Scale bar indicates 1 μ

Figure. Results of testing for a 17-year-old woman with keratoconjunctivitis symptoms, Marseille, France, July 2016. A) Slit-lamp optic microscopic photograph of left eye infected with pseudo-dendritic keratitis associated with Acanthamoeba castellani–“Attilina massiliensis” ocular infection. B) Microscopic aspect of A. castellani ameba infected by “A. massiliensis” from corneal swab sample. Scale bar indicates 1 μm. C) Optic microscopy image of flagellated, free-living “A. massiliensis” from swab sample. Scale bar indicates 1 μm. D) Electron microscopy image of the ameba containing the “A. massiliensis” endosymbiont, stained by using Gimenez staining (white arrow). Scale bar indicates 2 μm.

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