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Acanthamoeba Encephalitis: Isolation of Genotype T1 in Mycobacterial Liquid Culture Medium

Rula Azzam, Paul R. Badenoch, Michelle Francis, Charles Fernandez, Penelope J. Adamson, Claire Dendle, Ian Woolley, Jenny Robson, Tony M. Korman, Maryza Graham

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2014 · 11 citations · 21 references

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We report a case of Acanthamoeba encephalitis diagnosed from an antemortem brain biopsy specimen, where the organism was first isolated in mycobacterial liquid medium and first identified by using a sequence generated by a commercial panfungal sequencing assay. We correlate susceptibility results with clinical outcome.

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