Document 0193
 DOCN  M95B0193
 TI    Disseminated acanthamoeba infection in patients with AIDS: case reports
       and review.
 DT    9511
 AU    Sison JP; Kemper CA; Loveless M; McShane D; Visvesvara GS; Deresinski
       SC; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine,;
       California, USA.
 SO    Clin Infect Dis. 1995 May;20(5):1207-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95345288
 AB    Acanthamoeba infection has been described as an opportunistic infection
       in persons with AIDS. We report two cases of patients with AIDS and
       acanthamoeba infection and review the manifestations of this protozoan
       infection in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. The
       diagnosis of this infection requires a high index of suspicion because
       the clinical and histologic manifestations may be confused with those of
       disseminated fungal or algal disease. Clinicians and laboratory
       personnel should be aware of this potentially fatal condition so that
       appropriate diagnostic studies can be performed and treatment can be
       urgently administered. Early initiation of therapy may alter the
       clinical outcome of the disease.
 DE    *Acanthamoeba/CYTOLOGY/ULTRASTRUCTURE  Adult
       Amebiasis/*DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY  Animal  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY  Case Report  Human  Male  Support,
       Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW OF REPORTED CASES

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