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Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease Volume 1, 1988 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Nasal Carriage of Free-Living Amoebae

P. R. Badenoch Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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T. R. Grimmond Clinical Microbiology Flinders Medical Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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J. Cadwgan Flinders University, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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S. E. Deayton Flinders University, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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M. S. L. Essery Flinders University, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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And B. D. Hill Flinders University, Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
Pages 209-211 | Received 26 Apr 1988, Published online: 11 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

South Australia has had a relatively high frequency of human disease caused by free-living amoebae. The prevalence of these organisms in the nasal mucosa of 262 asymptomatic adult volunteers was determined. Acanthamoeba was isolated from six (2.3 per cent) subjects. This carriage rate is not high in comparison to other studies.

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