title: Continuous positive airway pressure-associated cutaneous amoebiasis in an immunosuppressed patient.
abstract: Organisms of the genus Acanthamoeba are environmentally ubiquitous and colonizers of the oral mucosa in humans. While largely asymptomatic in healthy persons, Acanthamoeba infection can cause disseminated disease with poor prognosis in immunosuppressed populations. Here we report a unique case of cutaneous amoebiasis associated with continuous positive airway pressure use in an immunosuppressed patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, U.S.A.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Sells
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA, 02115, U.S.A.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, U.S.A.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, U.S.A.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zimarowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, U.S.A.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, U.S.A.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, U.S.A.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D048248:Acanthamoeba castellanii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000368:Aged; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000209:etiology*