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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Barete, Stéphane ; Combes, Alain ; de Jonckheere, Johan F. ; Datry, Annick ; Varnous, Shaïda ; ... More +
Barete, Stéphane ; Combes, Alain ; de Jonckheere, Johan F. ; Datry, Annick ; Varnous, Shaïda ; Martinez, Valérie ; Ptacek, Sara García ; Caumes, Eric ; Capron, Frédérique ; Francès, Camille ; Gibert, Claude ; Chosidow, Olivier Less -
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We report a fatal case of disseminated acanthamebiasis caused by Acanthamoeba lenticulata (genotype T5) in a 39-year-old heart transplant recipient. The diagnosis was based on skin histopathologic results and confirmed by isolation of the ameba from involved skin and molecular analysis of a partial 18S rRNA gene sequence (DF3).
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18S Ribosomal RNA Acanthamoeba Adult Amebiasis Animals Dispatch DNA, Ribosomal Fatal Outcome Heart Transplantation Humans Immunocompromised Host Infectious Male Molecular Sequence Data Protozoan Infections Skin Disease Skin Diseases, Parasitic Skin Ulcer
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Emerg Infect Dis. 13(5):736-738.
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Journal Article
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:6289a095efba150a43897fb9dbbc90da159f0c5e1ed7535e20286e01fdc943f6
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16595/cdc_16595_DS1.pdf
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