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Cutaneous Acanthamoeba in a Patient With AIDS: A Case Study With a Review of New Therapy

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Cutaneous Acanthamoeba infection is a rare opportunistic infection in immunocompromised persons. We report a case of a patient with AIDS who developed disseminated Acanthamoeba secondary to chronic acanthamoebic sinusitis and review recent literature regarding new treatments for this relatively hard-to-treat disease.


 

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