Fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Acanthamoeba in a Patient With Kidney Transplant: A Case Report | Zendy

Ahmad Salameh | Zendy; Nancy Bello | Zendy; Jennifer Becker | Zendy; Tirdad T. Zangeneh | Zendy

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Fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Acanthamoeba in a Patient With Kidney Transplant: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Ahmad Salameh,

Nancy Bello,

Jennifer Becker,

Tirdad T. Zangeneh

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofv104

Subject(s) - medicine , miltefosine , acanthamoeba , azithromycin , flucytosine , meningoencephalitis , naegleria fowleri , fluconazole , pentamidine , sulfadiazine , encephalitis , meningitis , immunology , dermatology , leishmaniasis , microbiology and biotechnology , pneumonia , antifungal , surgery , antibiotics , virus , visceral leishmaniasis , biology

Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) due to Acanthamoeba is almost a uniformly fatal infection in immune-compromised hosts despite multidrug combination therapy. We report a case of GAE in a female who received a deceased donor kidney graft. She was treated with a combination of miltefosine, pentamidine, sulfadiazine, fluconazole, flucytosine, and azithromycin.

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