Disseminated A canthamoeba infection in a heart transplant recipient treated successfully with a miltefosine‐containing regimen: Case report and review of the literature

Disseminated acanthamoebiasis is a rare, often fatal, infection most commonly affecting immunocompromised patients. We report a case involving sinuses, skin, and bone in a 60‐year‐old woman 5 months after heart transplantation. She improved with a combination of flucytosine, fluconazole, miltefosine...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transplant infectious disease 2017-04, Vol.19 (2)
Hauptverfasser:	Brondfield, Max N., Reid, Michael J.A., Rutishauser, Rachel L., Cope, Jennifer R., Tang, Jevon, Ritter, Jana M., Matanock, Almea, Ali, Ibne, Doernberg, Sarah B., Hilts‐Horeczko, Alexandra, DeMarco, Teresa, Klein, Liviu, Babik, Jennifer M.
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Sprache:	eng
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