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Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia
Emerg Infect Dis 13:469-471, Meersseman, W.,et al, 2007
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Article Abstract
We describe a 66-year-old woman with therapy-refractory cryoglobulinemia treated with rituximab, plasmapheresis, and steroids; a case of fatal meningoencephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp. then developed. Such infections are rare and show an unusually rapid course (possible related to rituximab).
 
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