Acanthamoeba Endophthalmitis During Treatment for Cutaneous Disease in a Renal Transplant Patient

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• Alternative Title:
  Transpl Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kutner, Allison ; Aldrich, Margaret ; Patel, Sarju ; Kang, Joann J. ; Amin, Bijal ; Mann, Ranon ; Ali, Ibne Karim M. ; Martines, Roosecelis Brasil ; Cope, Jennifer Rittenhouse ; De Boccardo, Graciela O. ; Puius, Yoram A.
• Description:
  Acanthamoeba infections are difficult to diagnose and treat. We present a renal transplant patient who developed Acanthamoeba endophthalmitis on therapy with posaconazole and miltefosine for cutaneous acanthamobiasis. The patient was maintained on intracameral voriconazole injections, and oral azithromycin, fluconazole, and flucytosine. This case highlights novel presentations and treatments for acanthamoebic infection.
• Subjects:
  Acanthamoeba Amebiasis Amebicides Amoebiasis Antifungal Agents Article Endophthalmitis Female Humans Immunocompromised Host Kidney Transplantation Middle Aged Miltefosine Posaconazole Skin Diseases, Parasitic

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• Source:
  Transpl Infect Dis. 20(2):e12843
• Pubmed ID:
  29359845
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5973505
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:74f773a703133adca9e4a82bb9cfabc03d5abc2ec664f25056f479ca73593aa1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55089/cdc_55089_DS1.pdf
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