Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia
We describe a 66-year-old woman with therapy-refractory cryoglobulinemia treated with rituximab, plasmapheresis, and steroids; a case of fatal meningoencephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp. then developed. Such infections are rare and show an unusually rapid course (possibly related to rituximab).
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2007 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 469-469 (2007) |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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| Schlagwörter: | Acanthamoeba / encephalitis / immunosuppression / rituximab / dispatch / Belgium / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27361961 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.061001 |
