Emerging Threats for Human Health in Poland: Pathogenic Isolates from Drug Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis Monitored in terms of Their In Vitro Dynamics and Temperature Adaptability

Table 2

Comparison of T4 strains from AK and A. castellanii Neff strain cultured in vitro at 20°C, 26°C, 37°C, and 42°C.

Acanthamoeba strain	Range of overall Acanthamoeba number (×10^2)
	Range of cysts (%)
	20°C		37°C	42°C
I-1	21.1–23.3; 0.8–1.5	62.2–138,2; 0–0.8	30.0–51.1; 0–1.2	17.8–38.2; 0–3.5
I-13	20.1–34.4; 0–1.7	120.0–207.7; 0–1.0	46.6–78.9; 0–1.3	12.2–26.7; 0–3.0
I-16	25.3–26.1; 0–1.5	123,3–164.4; 0.9–1.0	52.2–74.4; 0–0.8	23.2–29.0; 0–3.0
I-19	32.7–34.0; 0–0.7	85.5–145.5; 0–0.2	44.0–102.2; 0.5–0.9	22.0–27.8; 0–1.1
Neff	378.1–424.6; 0–0.3	102.0–176.7; 0	3.3–7.8; 0–4.2	2.2–8.2; 0

The level of statistical significance was set at < 0.05.
Data from exponential phase of population growth.