Amebaborne Attilina massiliensis Keratitis, France

Alexandre Battaini (1) , Bernard La Scola (2) , Gaelle Ho Wang Yin (3) , Louis Hoffart (4) , Michel Drancourt (2)

1 AMU - Aix Marseille Université
2 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
3 TIMONE - Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM]
4 Ophtalmologie [Hôpital de la Timone - APMH]

We report a case of Acanthamoeba castellani keratitis in a person who wore contact lenses. The amebae hosted an ameba-resistant bacterial symbiont, provisionally named ``Attilina massiliensis,'' a yet undescribed alpha-Proteobacterium.

Domaines: Maladies infectieuses; Organes des sens

Alexandre Battaini, Bernard La Scola, Gaelle Ho Wang Yin, Louis Hoffart, Michel Drancourt. Amebaborne Attilina massiliensis Keratitis, France. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, 24 (2), pp.387-389. ⟨10.3201/eid2402.170541⟩. ⟨hal-01791632⟩