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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Case Report
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
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description 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 amebic osteomyelitis of the fibula in a patient with rejection of a transplanted kidney who was chronically immune-suppressed.
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spelling pubmed-49969232016-09-02 Amebic osteomyelitis in an immunocompromised patient Breland, Matthew Beckmann, Nicholas Radiol Case Rep Case Report 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 amebic osteomyelitis of the fibula in a patient with rejection of a transplanted kidney who was chronically immune-suppressed. Elsevier 2016-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4996923/ /pubmed/27594951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.05.006 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Amebic osteomyelitis in an immunocompromised patient
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title_full Amebic osteomyelitis in an immunocompromised patient
title_fullStr Amebic osteomyelitis in an immunocompromised patient
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title_short Amebic osteomyelitis in an immunocompromised patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996923/
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