Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia

We describe a 66-year-old woman with therapy-refractory cryoglobulinemia treated with rituximab, plasmapheresis, and steroids; a case of fatal meningoencephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp. then developed. Such infections are rare and show an unusually rapid course (possibly related to rituximab).

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Autores principales: Meersseman, Wouter, Lagrou, Katrien, Sciot, Raf, de Jonckheere, Johan, Haberler, Christine, Walochnik, Julia, Peetermans, Willy E., van Wijngaerden, Eric
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17552103
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.061001
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author Meersseman, Wouter
Lagrou, Katrien
Sciot, Raf
de Jonckheere, Johan
Haberler, Christine
Walochnik, Julia
Peetermans, Willy E.
van Wijngaerden, Eric
author_facet Meersseman, Wouter
Lagrou, Katrien
Sciot, Raf
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Haberler, Christine
Walochnik, Julia
Peetermans, Willy E.
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description We describe a 66-year-old woman with therapy-refractory cryoglobulinemia treated with rituximab, plasmapheresis, and steroids; a case of fatal meningoencephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp. then developed. Such infections are rare and show an unusually rapid course (possibly related to rituximab).
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spelling pubmed-27259222009-09-10 Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia Meersseman, Wouter Lagrou, Katrien Sciot, Raf de Jonckheere, Johan Haberler, Christine Walochnik, Julia Peetermans, Willy E. van Wijngaerden, Eric Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We describe a 66-year-old woman with therapy-refractory cryoglobulinemia treated with rituximab, plasmapheresis, and steroids; a case of fatal meningoencephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp. then developed. Such infections are rare and show an unusually rapid course (possibly related to rituximab). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2725922/ /pubmed/17552103 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.061001 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Meersseman, Wouter
Lagrou, Katrien
Sciot, Raf
de Jonckheere, Johan
Haberler, Christine
Walochnik, Julia
Peetermans, Willy E.
van Wijngaerden, Eric
Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia
title Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia
title_full Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia
title_fullStr Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia
title_full_unstemmed Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia
title_short Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia
title_sort rapidly fatal acanthamoeba encephalitis and treatment of cryoglobulinemia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17552103
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.061001
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