Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis

Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis

Acanthamoebic encephalitis is a rare and highly fatal disease that has no standard management protocol. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes immune dysfunction and may predispose patients to this infection.The present study describes successful management of acanthamoebic encephalitis in a you...

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Main Authors: Govinda Siripurapu, Sameer Abdul Samad, Saman Fatima, Naveet Wig, M.V. Padma Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Acanthamoeba
acanthamoebic encephalitis
miltefosine
COVID-19
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221006020
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spelling doaj-18c7298e89b64560be3679046f22905e2021-09-25T05:05:33ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122021-09-01110226228Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitisGovinda Siripurapu0Sameer Abdul Samad1Saman Fatima2Naveet Wig3M.V. Padma Srivastava4Department of Neurology, AIIMS New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, AIIMS New Delhi, Delhi, India; Corresponding Author: Sameer Abdul Samad, Department of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi. Phone: +91 8800763364.Department of Neurology, AIIMS New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, AIIMS New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Neurology, AIIMS New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaAcanthamoebic encephalitis is a rare and highly fatal disease that has no standard management protocol. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes immune dysfunction and may predispose patients to this infection.The present study describes successful management of acanthamoebic encephalitis in a young male who recently recovered from COVID-19 using a combination of medical and surgical approaches.A combination of miltefosine with other agents with trophicidal and cysticidal activities should be used in the regimen. Surgical excision of the abscess should be undertaken whenever feasible.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221006020Acanthamoebaacanthamoebic encephalitismiltefosineCOVID-19
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author Govinda Siripurapu
Sameer Abdul Samad
Saman Fatima
Naveet Wig
M.V. Padma Srivastava
spellingShingle Govinda Siripurapu
Sameer Abdul Samad
Saman Fatima
Naveet Wig
M.V. Padma Srivastava
Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Acanthamoeba
acanthamoebic encephalitis
miltefosine
COVID-19
author_facet Govinda Siripurapu
Sameer Abdul Samad
Saman Fatima
Naveet Wig
M.V. Padma Srivastava
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title Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis
title_short Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis
title_full Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis
title_fullStr Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis
title_full_unstemmed Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis
title_sort successful management of post-covid-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis
publisher Elsevier
series International Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1201-9712
publishDate 2021-09-01
description Acanthamoebic encephalitis is a rare and highly fatal disease that has no standard management protocol. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes immune dysfunction and may predispose patients to this infection.The present study describes successful management of acanthamoebic encephalitis in a young male who recently recovered from COVID-19 using a combination of medical and surgical approaches.A combination of miltefosine with other agents with trophicidal and cysticidal activities should be used in the regimen. Surgical excision of the abscess should be undertaken whenever feasible.
topic Acanthamoeba
acanthamoebic encephalitis
miltefosine
COVID-19
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221006020
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