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...
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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2007-05-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/5/06-1347_article |
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