Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, India

Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, India

We report a fatal case of encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a 24-year-old woman from India with systemic lupus erythematosus. Diagnosis was made by identification of amebas in brain sections by immunofluorescence analysis and confirmed by demonstrating Acanthamoeba mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene D...

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Main Authors: Charudatt G. Shirwadkar, Rohini Samant, Milind Sankhe, Ramesh Deshpande, Shigeo Yagi, Frederick L. Schuster, Rama Sriram, Govinda S. Visvesvara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Acanthamoeba
encephalitis
systemic lupus erythematosus
dispatch
India
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/6/06-0087_article
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spelling doaj-e78ddb3d2a574a59bb859bbfe64e89ee2020-11-24T21:11:52ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592006-06-0112698498610.3201/eid1206.060087Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, IndiaCharudatt G. ShirwadkarRohini SamantMilind SankheRamesh DeshpandeShigeo YagiFrederick L. SchusterRama SriramGovinda S. VisvesvaraWe report a fatal case of encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a 24-year-old woman from India with systemic lupus erythematosus. Diagnosis was made by identification of amebas in brain sections by immunofluorescence analysis and confirmed by demonstrating Acanthamoeba mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene DNA in brain tissue sections.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/6/06-0087_articleAcanthamoebaencephalitissystemic lupus erythematosusdispatchIndia
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author Charudatt G. Shirwadkar
Rohini Samant
Milind Sankhe
Ramesh Deshpande
Shigeo Yagi
Frederick L. Schuster
Rama Sriram
Govinda S. Visvesvara
spellingShingle Charudatt G. Shirwadkar
Rohini Samant
Milind Sankhe
Ramesh Deshpande
Shigeo Yagi
Frederick L. Schuster
Rama Sriram
Govinda S. Visvesvara
Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, India
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Acanthamoeba
encephalitis
systemic lupus erythematosus
dispatch
India
author_facet Charudatt G. Shirwadkar
Rohini Samant
Milind Sankhe
Ramesh Deshpande
Shigeo Yagi
Frederick L. Schuster
Rama Sriram
Govinda S. Visvesvara
author_sort Charudatt G. Shirwadkar
title Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, India
title_short Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, India
title_full Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, India
title_fullStr Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, India
title_full_unstemmed Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in Patient with Systemic Lupus, India
title_sort acanthamoeba encephalitis in patient with systemic lupus, india
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn 1080-6040
1080-6059
publishDate 2006-06-01
description We report a fatal case of encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a 24-year-old woman from India with systemic lupus erythematosus. Diagnosis was made by identification of amebas in brain sections by immunofluorescence analysis and confirmed by demonstrating Acanthamoeba mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene DNA in brain tissue sections.
topic Acanthamoeba
encephalitis
systemic lupus erythematosus
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India
url https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/6/06-0087_article
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