Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient

We report a fatal case of disseminated acanthamebiasis caused by Acanthamoeba lenticulata (genotype T5) in a 39-year-old heart transplant recipient. The diagnosis was based on skin histopathologic results and confirmed by isolation of the ameba from involved skin and molecular analysis of a partial...

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Autores principales: Barete, Stéphane, Combes, Alain, de Jonckheere, Johan F., Datry, Annick, Varnous, Shaïda, Martinez, Valérie, Ptacek, Sara García, Caumes, Eric, Capron, Frédérique, Francès, Camille, Gibert, Claude, Chosidow, Olivier
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553253
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1305.061347

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