Disseminated acanthamoebiasis presenting as lobular panniculitis with necrotizing vasculitis in a patient with AIDS

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 307-313

  Rosenberg, Arlene Sylvia ^a,c   Morgan, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MDC II   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PANNICULITIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIV; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHILS; PANNICULITIS; RNA, VIRAL; SINUSITIS; SKIN; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0034979316     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2001.028006307.x     Document Type: Article

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