Fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Acanthamoeba in a Patient With Kidney Transplant: A Case Report

Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) due to Acanthamoeba is almost a uniformly fatal infection in immune-compromised hosts despite multidrug combination therapy. We report a case of GAE in a female who received a deceased donor kidney graft. She was treated with a combination of miltefosine, pen...

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Autores principales: Salameh, Ahmad, Bello, Nancy, Becker, Jennifer, Zangeneh, Tirdad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26280011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv104

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26280011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv104

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