Visvesvara G S
Parasitic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Rev Infect Dis. 1991 Mar-Apr;13 Suppl 5:S369-72. doi: 10.1093/clind/13.supplement_5.s369.
Members of the genus Acanthamoeba are being isolated with increasing frequency from clinical specimens, especially contact lens solutions. Although the genus was first established in 1931, considerable confusion about its taxonomic classification existed in the literature until recently. A brief commentary on this confusion is provided, and the taxonomic classifications of Acanthamoeba and the three groups of species are described.
棘阿米巴属成员越来越频繁地从临床标本中分离出来，尤其是隐形眼镜护理液中。尽管该属于1931年首次确立，但直到最近，文献中对其分类仍存在相当大的混淆。本文对这种混淆进行了简要评论，并描述了棘阿米巴属及其三类物种的分类情况。
