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      Early diagnosis of Acanthamoeba infection during routine cytological examination of cerebrospinal fluid.

      Journal of Clinical Microbiology
      Acanthamoeba, genetics, isolation & purification, pathogenicity, Amebiasis, cerebrospinal fluid, diagnosis, drug therapy, parasitology, Amebicides, therapeutic use, Animals, Cerebrospinal Fluid, DNA, Protozoan, Encephalitis, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Molecular Sequence Data, RNA, Protozoan, RNA, Ribosomal, 18S

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          Early identification of Acanthamoeba in cerebrospinal fluid is mandatory to prevent fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis. In the case presented here amebic trophozoites were detected in a routine cerebrospinal fluid sample. The antibiotic treatment and the apparently low virulence of this isolate were responsible for the benign progression of the infection.

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