TY - JOUR AU - Aichelburg, Alexander C. AU - Walochnik, Julia AU - Assadian, Ojan AU - Prosch, Helmut AU - Steuer, Andrea AU - Perneczky, Gedeon AU - Visvesvara, Govinda S. AU - Aspöck, Horst AU - Vetter, Norbert T1 - Successful Treatment of Disseminated Acanthamoeba sp. Infection with Miltefosine T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 11 SP - 1743 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report on an HIV-negative but immunocompromised patient with disseminated acanthamoebiasis, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, and underlying miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis. The patient responded favorably to treatment with miltefosine, an alkylphosphocholine. The patient remained well with no signs of infection 2 years after treatment cessation. KW - Acanthamoeba KW - granulomatous Acanthamoeba encephalitis (GAE) KW - tuberculosis KW - immunocompromised non–HIV-infected patient KW - miltefosine KW - dispatch KW - Austria KW - India DO - 10.3201/eid1411.070854 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/11/07-0854_article ER - End of Reference