Successful Treatment of Disseminated Acanthamoeba sp. Infection with Miltefosine

We report on an HIV-negative but immunocompromised patient with disseminated acanthamoebiasis, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, and underlying miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis. The patient responded favorably to treatment with miltefosine, an alkylphosphocholine. The patient remain...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون:	Alexander C. Aichelburg, Julia Walochnik, Ojan Assadian, Helmut Prosch, Andrea Steuer, Gedeon Perneczky, Govinda S. Visvesvara, Horst Aspöck, Norbert Vetter
التنسيق:	Artigo
اللغة:	Inglês
منشور في:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-11-01
سلاسل:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
الموضوعات:	Acanthamoeba granulomatous Acanthamoeba encephalitis (GAE) tuberculosis immunocompromised non–HIV-infected patient miltefosine dispatch
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/11/07-0854_article
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