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
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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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spelling doaj-366937976b2846d3ae09a6c146b19c532020-11-25T00:38:18ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592007-05-0113573673610.3201/eid1305.061347Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant PatientStéphane BareteAlain CombesJohan F. de JonckheereAnnick DatryShaïda VarnousValérie MartinezSara García PtacekEric CaumesFrédérique CapronCamille FrancèsClaude GibertOlivier ChosidowWe 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 18S rRNA gene sequence (DF3).https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/5/06-1347_articleHeart transplantationskin diseaseinfectiousskin ulcerprotozoan infectionsAcanthamoeba
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author 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
spellingShingle 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
Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Heart transplantation
skin disease
infectious
skin ulcer
protozoan infections
Acanthamoeba
author_facet 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
author_sort Stéphane Barete
title Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient
title_short Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient
title_full Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient
title_fullStr Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient
title_full_unstemmed Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient
title_sort fatal disseminated acanthamoeba lenticulata acanthamebiasis in a heart transplant patient
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn 1080-6040
1080-6059
publishDate 2007-05-01
description 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 18S rRNA gene sequence (DF3).
topic Heart transplantation
skin disease
infectious
skin ulcer
protozoan infections
Acanthamoeba
url https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/5/06-1347_article
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