Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia

Meersseman, Wouter; Lagrou, Katrien; Sciot, Raf; de Jonckheere, Johan; Haberler, Christine; Walochnik, Julia; Peetermans, Willy E.; van Wijngaerden, Eric

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Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia

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Mar 2007
By Meersseman, Wouter ; Lagrou, Katrien ; Sciot, Raf

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Meersseman, Wouter ; Lagrou, Katrien ; Sciot, Raf ; de Jonckheere, Johan ; Haberler, Christine ; Walochnik, Julia ; Peetermans, Willy E. ; van Wijngaerden, Eric
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We describe a 66-year-old woman with therapy-refractory cryoglobulinemia treated with rituximab, plasmapheresis, and steroids; a case of fatal meningoencephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp. then developed. Such infections are rare and show an unusually rapid course (possibly related to rituximab).
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Emerg Infect Dis. 13(3):469-471.
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Journal Article
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13
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3
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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