Opportunistic free: Living amoeba now becoming a usual pathogen?

被引：12

作者：

Ghadage, Dnyaneshwari Purushottam ^{[1
]}

Choure, Archana Chintaman ^{[1
]}

Wankhade, Archana Bhimrao ^{[2
]}

Bhore, Arvind Vamanrao ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Smt Kashibai Navale Med Coll & Gen Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Pune 411041, Maharashtra, India

[2] CM Med Coll, Dept Microbiol, Kanchandur, Chhattisgarh, India

来源：

INDIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY | 2017年 / 60卷 / 04期

关键词：

Acanthamoeba; granulomatous acanthamoeba encepahalitis; immunocompetent child;

D O I：

10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_815_16

中图分类号：

R36 [病理学];

学科分类号：

100104 ;

摘要：

Acanthamoeba species cause granulomatous Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of acute purulent meningoencephalitis with a focal neurological deficit caused by Acanthamoeba species in a 2 years immunocompetent child.

引用

页码：601 / 603

页数：3

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