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Choi MS, Myong NH, Seo M, Jang S, Yun DK, Yeom K, Chung DI, Park BC, Hong Y, Kim MH. The First Case of Cutaneous Acanthamoebiasis Caused by Acanthamoeba triangularis in Korea. Ann Dermatol 2023; 35:S275-S280. [PMID: 38061721 PMCID: PMC10727879 DOI: 10.5021/ad.21.293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
Abstract
A 62-year-old man with multiple myeloma visited our clinic with multiple painful erythematous to purpuric nodules on his whole body. He received a skin biopsy which showed septal and lobular inflammation with vasculitis, and multiple amoebic organisms were found. Polymerase chain reaction and culture were performed and an Acanthamoeba triangularis infection was diagnosed. This is the first report on cutaneous acanthamoebiasis caused by A. triangularis, suggesting that A. triangularis should be regarded as a clinical pathogen that can cause ocular as well as disseminated infection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mi Soo Choi
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Disease, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
| | - Dae Kwan Yun
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Parasitology & Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Parasitology & Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.
| | - Myung Hwa Kim
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
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