Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompetent hosts: A report of two cases

Acanthamoeba are ubiquitous free-living amoeba. Acanthamoeba infections cause necrotizing vasculitis, resulting in vessel thrombosis and cerebral infarction. Acanthamoeba CNS infections, though uncommon, are associated with high mortality. Diagnosis is difficult and often delayed. Here, we present t...

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Autores principales: Das, Sohini, Gunasekaran, Karthik, Ajjampur, Sitara S. R., Abraham, Dilip, George, Tina, Janeela, M. Asisha, Iyadurai, Ramya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32318505
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1010_19
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author Das, Sohini
Gunasekaran, Karthik
Ajjampur, Sitara S. R.
Abraham, Dilip
George, Tina
Janeela, M. Asisha
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description Acanthamoeba are ubiquitous free-living amoeba. Acanthamoeba infections cause necrotizing vasculitis, resulting in vessel thrombosis and cerebral infarction. Acanthamoeba CNS infections, though uncommon, are associated with high mortality. Diagnosis is difficult and often delayed. Here, we present two immunocompetent hosts with Acanthamoeba encephalitis with good outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-71140322020-04-21 Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompetent hosts: A report of two cases Das, Sohini Gunasekaran, Karthik Ajjampur, Sitara S. R. Abraham, Dilip George, Tina Janeela, M. Asisha Iyadurai, Ramya J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Acanthamoeba are ubiquitous free-living amoeba. Acanthamoeba infections cause necrotizing vasculitis, resulting in vessel thrombosis and cerebral infarction. Acanthamoeba CNS infections, though uncommon, are associated with high mortality. Diagnosis is difficult and often delayed. Here, we present two immunocompetent hosts with Acanthamoeba encephalitis with good outcomes. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7114032/ /pubmed/32318505 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1010_19 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompetent hosts: A report of two cases
title Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompetent hosts: A report of two cases
title_full Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompetent hosts: A report of two cases
title_fullStr Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompetent hosts: A report of two cases
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title_short Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompetent hosts: A report of two cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32318505
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1010_19
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