A case report of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis by Group 1 Acanthamoeba genotype T18 diagnosed by the combination of morphological examination and genetic analysis

A case report of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis by Group 1 Acanthamoeba genotype T18 diagnosed by the combination of morphological examination and genetic analysis

Abstract Background The diagnosis of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis is challenging for clinicians because it is a rare and lethal disease. Previous reports have indicated that Acanthamoeba with some specific genotypes tend to cause the majority of human infections. We report a case of granulomat...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Matsui, Tetsuo Maeda, Shinsuke Kusakabe, Hideyuki Arita, Kenji Yagita, Eiichi Morii, Yuzuru Kanakura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
Subjects:
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
Acanthamoeba
Genotype T18
Cerebrospinal fluid
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-018-0706-z

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