Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient

Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient

We report a fatal case of disseminated acanthamebiasis caused by Acanthamoeba lenticulata (genotype T5) in a 39-year-old heart transplant recipient. The diagnosis was based on skin histopathologic results and confirmed by isolation of the ameba from involved skin and molecular analysis of a partial...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Barete, Alain Combes, Johan F. de Jonckheere, Annick Datry, Shaïda Varnous, Valérie Martinez, Sara García Ptacek, Eric Caumes, Frédérique Capron, Camille Francès, Claude Gibert, Olivier Chosidow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Heart transplantation
skin disease
infectious
skin ulcer
protozoan infections
Acanthamoeba
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/5/06-1347_article

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