Disseminated Acanthamoeba sinusitis in a patient with AIDS: a possible role for early antiretroviral therapy.
AIDS Read
; 14(1): 41-9, 2004 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-14959703
ABSTRACT
Acanthamoeba, a free-living ameba, has been reported to infect humans with subacute encephalitis, sinusitis, or keratitis. Multiple cases of Acanthamoeba sinusitis with dissemination have been reported in association with AIDS, with high mortality. We report successful treatment of a 35-year-old woman who presented with sinusitis that progressed to disseminated acanthamebiasis as her initial manifestation of AIDS. To our knowledge, our patient was one of the few and longest-lived survivors of disseminated Acanthamoeba infection with AIDS. As with other opportunistic infections, early aggressive therapy including HAART may alter the outcome in this almost uniformly fatal disease.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sinusite
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Acanthamoeba
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Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
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Amebíase
Limite:
Adult
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS Read
Ano de publicação:
2004
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Article