Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, India
We report a fatal case of encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a 24-year-old woman from India with systemic lupus erythematosus. Diagnosis was made by identification of amebas in brain sections by immunofluorescence analysis and confirmed by demonstrating Acanthamoeba mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene D...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2006-06-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/6/06-0087_article |
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