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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Meersseman, Wouter ; Lagrou, Katrien ; Sciot, Raf ; de Jonckheere, Johan ; Haberler, Christine ; ... More +
Meersseman, Wouter ; Lagrou, Katrien ; Sciot, Raf ; de Jonckheere, Johan ; Haberler, Christine ; Walochnik, Julia ; Peetermans, Willy E. ; van Wijngaerden, Eric Less -
Description:
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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Acanthamoeba
Aged
Amebiasis
Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
Brain
Cryoglobulinemia
Dispatch
DNA, Protozoan
DNA, Ribosomal
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Encephalitis
Fatal Outcome
Female
Granuloma
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Immunologic Factors
Immunosuppression
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningoencephalitis
Plasmapheresis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rituximab
Staining And Labeling
Steroids
Dispatch

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(3):469-471.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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