Acanthamoeba endophthalmitis during treatment for cutaneous disease in a renal transplant patient

Allison Kutner; Margaret Aldrich; Sarju Patel; Joann J. Kang; Bijal Amin; Ranon Mann; Ibne Karim M. Ali; Roosecelis Brasil Martines; Jennifer Rittenhouse Cope; Graciela O. De Boccardo; Yoram A. Puius

doi:10.1111/tid.12843

Acanthamoeba endophthalmitis during treatment for cutaneous disease in a renal transplant patient

Allison Kutner, Margaret Aldrich, Sarju Patel, Joann J. Kang, Bijal Amin, Ranon Mann, Ibne Karim M. Ali, Roosecelis Brasil Martines, Jennifer Rittenhouse Cope, Graciela O. De Boccardo, Yoram A. Puius

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Abstract

Acanthamoeba infections are difficult to diagnose and treat. We present a renal transplant patient who developed Acanthamoeba endophthalmitis on therapy with posaconazole and miltefosine for cutaneous acanthamobiasis. The patient was maintained on intracameral voriconazole injections, and oral azithromycin, fluconazole, and flucytosine. This case highlights novel presentations and treatments for acanthamoebic infection.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e12843
Journal	Transplant Infectious Disease
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.12843
State	Published - Apr 2018

Keywords

Acanthamoeba
amoebiasis
endophthalmitis
miltefosine
posaconazole

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Transplantation
Infectious Diseases

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