Fulminant amebic meningoencephalitis due to Acanthamoeba.
Neurology
; 31(2): 174-6, 1981 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-7193300
ABSTRACT
A 57-year-old chronically immunosuppressed woman with systemic lupus erythematosus developed fulminant meningoencephalitis due to Acanthamoeba castellanii. Amebic trophozoites were also found in the lungs, suggesting a primary pulmonary focus of infection. This case illustrates that Acanthamoeba can cause a fulminant, rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis, as well as the previously reported chronic granulomatous meningoencephalitis. X
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Assunto principal:
Meningoencefalite
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1981
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Article