Granulomatous amebic encephalitis in an AIDS patient.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 39-year-old man with AIDS died after developing a variety of neurologic symptoms and signs. CT showed multiple enhancing lesions in the cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum. Postmortem examination revealed parenchymal hemorrhagic and necrotizing lesions with a thrombo-occlusive vasculitis due to Acanthamoeba, which was typed as Acanthamoeba group 2, probably A rhysodes, by immunofluorescence.
Medical subject headings
- Acanthamoeba
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Amebiasis
- Encephalitis
- Granuloma