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Fatal Disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata Acanthamebiasis in a Heart Transplant Patient
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 5, Pp 736-736 (2007)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.
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Abstract
- 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).
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.366937976b2846d3ae09a6c146b19c53
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1305.061347