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Amebic osteomyelitis in an immunocompromised patient

Acanthamoeba spp. are pathogenic protozoa that are uncommonly encountered. They tend to infect immunocompromised patients, most often causing cutaneous lesions and in some instances granulomatous amebic encephalitis, as well as rare instances of dissemination to other organs. We present a case of am...

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Autores principales: Breland, Matthew, Beckmann, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27594951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.05.006