Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in a Patient With a Total Artificial Heart (Syncardia) Device. (19th August 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in a Patient With a Total Artificial Heart (Syncardia) Device. (19th August 2014)
- Main Title:
- Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in a Patient With a Total Artificial Heart (Syncardia) Device
- Authors:
- Tan, Susanna K.
Gajurel, Kiran
Tung, Christie
Albers, Gregory
Deresinski, Stan
Montoya, Jose G.
Sheikh, Ahmad Y.
Banerjee, Dipanjan
Ha, Richard - Abstract:
- Abstract: Acanthamoeba encephalitis is an uncommon but often fatal infection complication. Here we report the first case of Acanthamoeba encephalitis in a patient with a Total Artificial Heart device.
- Is Part Of:
- Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 1:Number 2(2014)
- Journal:
- Open forum infectious diseases
- Issue:
- Volume 1:Number 2(2014)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 1, Issue 2 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 1
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0001-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2014-08-19
- Subjects:
- Acanthamoeba -- encephalitis -- total artificial heart -- heart failure
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/ofu057 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2328-8957
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