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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 338-340, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01177-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis Caused by Acanthamoeba Amoebae of Genotype T2 in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Negative Patient{triangledown}

Julia Walochnik,1* Alexander Aichelburg,2 Ojan Assadian,3 Andrea Steuer,2 Govinda Visvesvara,4 Norbert Vetter,2 and Horst Aspöck1

Department of Medical Parasitology,1 Department of Hospital Hygiene, Clinical Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria,3 2nd Medical Department, Pulmonological Centre SMZ Baumgartner Höhe, Otto Wagner-Hospital, Vienna, Austria,2 Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia4

Received 12 June 2007/ Returned for modification 18 October 2007/ Accepted 31 October 2007

Acanthamoeba amoebae of genotype T2 were identified as the causative agent of Acanthamoeba skin lesions and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient with underlying tuberculosis. To our knowledge this, is the first case of GAE involving genotype T2.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Parasitology, Clinical Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1095 Vienna, Austria. Phone: (43) 1-40490-79446. Fax: (43) 1-40490-79435. E-mail: julia.walochnik{at}meduniwien.ac.at

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 14 November 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 338-340, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01177-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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