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Case Reports
. 2022 Aug 10:28:77-79.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2022.08.008. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Isolated cutaneous acanthamoebiasis under prophylactic anticryptococcal treatment in an immunocompromised patient

Samuel A Stetkevich  1 , Stephanie T Le  2 , Adam R Ford  2 , Alain Brassard  2 , Maija Kiuru  2   3 , Maxwell A Fung  2   3 , Danielle M Tartar  2
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Isolated cutaneous acanthamoebiasis under prophylactic anticryptococcal treatment in an immunocompromised patient

Samuel A Stetkevich et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: CNS, central nervous system; acanthamoeba; combined variable immune deficiency (CVID); cryptococcus.

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Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Acanthamoeba, well-demarcated ulcerations with prominent granulation tissue on her left upper arm and right cheek (asterisks).
Fig 2
Fig 2
Amebae (arrows) with vacuolated cytoplasm and a single “fish eye” nucleus. Scale bar = 20 μm (hematoxylin-eosin stain).
Fig 3
Fig 3
Acanthamoeba, re-epithelization of prior ulcerations following escalated therapy (asterisks).
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