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Query: UMLS:C0409974 (
lupus
)
22,386
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A 25-year-old chronically immunosuppressed woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) died after developing subacute granulomatous encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba. Amoebic trophozoites were also found in the lung, suggesting a primary pulmonary focus of infection. The
infectious encephalitis
was difficult to differentiate from a flare-up of central nervous system
lupus
. This case illustrates that Acanthamoeba can cause fatal encephalitis in
lupus
patients, as well as in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome as previously reported. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba in a patient with SLE.
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PMID:Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. 977 18
