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acanthamebiasis /acan·tha·me·bi·a·sis/ (ah-kan″thah-me-bi´ah-sis) infection with Acanthamoeba castellani.
acanthamebiasis [əkan′thəmēbī′əsis] a potentially fatal meningoencephalitis infection caused by Acanthamoeba castellani, a free-living ameboflagellate. It is commonly acquired by swimming in water contaminated by the microorganism. Cleaning contact lenses in contaminated solution can also cause keratitis. Early treatment with a combination of oral fuconazole, sufadiazine, flucytosine, and intravenous pentamidine may be of benefit. acanthamebiasis infection by amebae of the genus Acanthamoeba; has been observed rarely in dogs.
acanthamebiasis Acanthamoeba infection Infectious disease An infection by Acanthamoeba spp, characterized by pustules, vasculitis, granulomatous amebic encephalitis, and granulomas of skin; it is common in weak or
immunocompromised subjects, often leading to death High-risk groups AIDS, alcohol abuse, DM, immunosuppression-transplantation-related, cancer–leukemia, lymphoma, malnutrition Treatment Uncertain; a case of A rhysodes responded to
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We report a fatal case of disseminated acanthamebiasis caused by Acanthamoeba lenticulata (genotype T5) in a 39-year-old heart transplant recipient. |
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