Fatal disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata infection in a heart transplant patient

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...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2007-05, Vol.13 (5), p.736-738
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acanthamoeba - classification
Acanthamoeba - genetics
Acanthamoeba - pathogenicity
Acanthamoeba lenticulata
Adult
Amebiasis - diagnosis
Amebiasis - immunology
Amebiasis - pathology
Animals
Cardiac patients
DNA, Ribosomal
Fatal Outcome
Health aspects
Heart
Heart Transplantation - immunology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Skin Diseases, Parasitic - diagnosis
Skin Diseases, Parasitic - genetics
Skin Diseases, Parasitic - pathology
Transplantation
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Summary: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).
ISSN:1080-6040
DOI:10.3201/eid1305.061347