Successful Treatment of Disseminated Acanthamoeba sp. Infection with Miltefosine

We report on an HIV-negative but immunocompromised patient with disseminated acanthamoebiasis, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, and underlying miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis. The patient responded favorably to treatment with miltefosine, an alkylphosphocholine. The patient remain...

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Autores principales: Aichelburg, Alexander C., Walochnik, Julia, Assadian, Ojan, Prosch, Helmut, Steuer, Andrea, Perneczky, Gedeon, Visvesvara, Govinda S., Aspöck, Horst, Vetter, Norbert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18976559
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1411.070854

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18976559
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1411.070854

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