Successful Treatment of Sinusitis by Acanthamoeba in a Pediatric Patient After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation.
Acanthamoeba infections are rare and mostly occur in immunocompromised patients. Most of the reported cases after stem cell transplantation have been diagnosed postmortem. We present the case of a 3-year-old boy with chronic graft versus host disease post hematopoietic transplantation, who was successfully treated for Acanthamoeba.
From the *Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Department; †Pathology Department; and ‡Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Antonio
A
Juan
Laura
L
Alonso
Teresa
T
Olivé
Alexandra
A
Navarro
Elena
E
Sulleiro
José
J
Sánchez de Toledo
Cristina
C
Díaz de Heredia
D000048:Acanthamoeba; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D000563:Amebicides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology
D000563:Amebicides; D000666:Amphotericin B