Acanthamoeba encephalitis: isolation of genotype T1 in mycobacterial liquid culture medium.
J Clin Microbiol
; 53(2): 735-9, 2015 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25502534
ABSTRACT
We report a case of Acanthamoeba encephalitis diagnosed from an antemortem brain biopsy specimen, where the organism was first isolated in mycobacterial liquid medium and first identified by using a sequence generated by a commercial panfungal sequencing assay. We correlate susceptibility results with clinical outcome.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Encéfalo
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Acanthamoeba
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Infecções Protozoárias do Sistema Nervoso Central
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Genótipo
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article