Fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Acanthamoeba in a Patient With Kidney Transplant: A Case Report. (10th July 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Acanthamoeba in a Patient With Kidney Transplant: A Case Report. (10th July 2015)
- Main Title:
- Fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Acanthamoeba in a Patient With Kidney Transplant: A Case Report
- Authors:
- Salameh, Ahmad
Bello, Nancy
Becker, Jennifer
Zangeneh, Tirdad - Abstract:
- Abstract: 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, pentamidine, sulfadiazine, fluconazole, flucytosine, and azithromycin.
- Is Part Of:
- Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 2:Number 3(2015)
- Journal:
- Open forum infectious diseases
- Issue:
- Volume 2:Number 3(2015)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 2, Issue 3 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 2
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0002-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2015-07-10
- Subjects:
- Acanthamoeba -- encephalitis -- granulomatous amoebic -- immunosuppression -- transplantation
Communicable diseases -- Periodicals
Medical microbiology -- Periodicals
Infection -- Periodicals
616.9 - Journal URLs:
- http://ofid.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/en/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/ofid/ofv104 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2328-8957
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