GRANULOMATOUS AMEBIC ENCEPHALITIS IN AN AIDS PATIENT

被引:38
作者
GARDNER, HAR
MARTINEZ, AJ
VISVESVARA, GS
SOTREL, A
机构
[1] UNIV PITTSBURGH,PRESBYTERIAN HOSP,DEPT NEUROPATHOL,PITTSBURGH,PA 15213
[2] CTR DIS CONTROL,DIV PARASIT DIS,ATLANTA,GA 30333
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10.1212/WNL.41.12.1993
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
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.
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页码:1993 / 1995
页数:3
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