Fatal disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata infection in a heart transplant patient

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 736-738

  Barete, Stéphane ^a,d   Combes, Alain ^b   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^c   Datry, Annick ^b   Varnous, Shaïda ^b   Martinez, Valérie ^b   Ptacek, Sara García ^a   Caumes, Eric ^b   Capron, Frédérique ^b   Francès, Camille ^a   Gibert, Claude ^b   Chosidow, Olivier ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEART GRAFT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 34247893880     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1305.061347     Document Type: Article

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