Targeting brain-eating amoebae infections

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Khan, Naveed Ahmed *, Ong, Timothy Yu Yee *, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Bano *
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: American Chemical Society 2017
• الموضوعات: Q Science (General); QR355 Virology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/485/1/Targeting%20brain%20eating%20amoebae%20infections.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/485/; http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00049

Brain infections due to Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri often lead to death. Despite differences in the preferential sites of infection in the brain, the mode of delivery of drugs is often intravenous. Here, we discuss targeted therapeutic approach to affect parasite...