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Granulomatous amebic encephalitis in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia successfully treated with multimodal antimicrobial therapy and hyperbaric oxygen.

P Maritschnegg¹, P Sovinz, H Lackner, M Benesch, A Nebl, W Schwinger, J Walochnik, C Urban.

Abstract

Acanthamoeba is the causative agent of granulomatous amebic encephalitis, a rare and usually fatal disease. We report a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed brain abscesses caused by Acanthamoeba during induction therapy. Multimodal antimicrobial chemotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy resulted in complete resolution of symptoms and of pathology as seen by magnetic resonance imaging.

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Year: 2010 PMID： 21084511 PMCID： PMC3020488 DOI： 10.1128/JCM.01456-10

Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN： 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948

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