Brief report: successful treatment of disseminated acanthamoeba infection in an immunocompromised patient

N Engl J Med. 1994 Jul 14;331(2):85-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199407143310204.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acanthamoeba*
  • Adult
  • Amebiasis / drug therapy*
  • Animals
  • Antiparasitic Agents*
  • Chlorhexidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Ketoconazole / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Pentamidine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antiparasitic Agents
  • Pentamidine
  • chlorhexidine gluconate
  • Chlorhexidine
  • Ketoconazole