title: Demonstration of presence of acanthamoeba mitochondrial DNA in brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid by PCR in samples from a patient who died of granulomatous amebic encephalitis.
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Frederick L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bloch
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000469:parasitology*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D016054:DNA, Protozoan