Free-living amoebae (FLA) are opportunistic and ubiquitous protozoa that are widely found in various environmental sources. They are known to cause serious human infections. The aim of our study was to detect FLA and Acanthamoeba spp. in hospital water circuits. Eighty-four water samples were collected over a period of 4 months (September-December 2011) from different wards of the Sfax University Hospital (surgical services, intensive care unit, operating theater, and water storage tanks). FLA were detected in 53.5
作者：Houaida, Trabelsi；F, Dendana；S, Neji；H, Sellami；F, Cheikhrouhou；F, Makni；A, Ayadi
来源：Parasitology research 2016 年 115卷 1期
