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Volume 32, Number 4—April 2026

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Disseminated Acanthamoeba Infection with Necrotic Skin Lesions and Granulomatous Vasculitis, United States

Maria KoshyComments to Author , Carrie Flynn, Marat Kribis, Jennifer McNiff, Matthew Grant, and Shana Elizabeth Gleeson
Author affiliation: Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (M. Koshy, M. Kribis, J. McNiff, M. Grant, S.E. Gleeson); Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (C. Flynn).

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Figure 4

Periodic acid–Schiff positive histiocytoid cells from a patient with disseminated Acanthamoeba infection with necrotic skin lesions and granulomatous vasculitis. Cells are near the vessel with potential amoebic trophozoites. A) Magnification ×400; B) magnification ×600.

Figure 4. Periodic acid–Schiff positive histiocytoid cells from a patient with disseminated Acanthamoeba infection with necrotic skin lesions and granulomatous vasculitis. Cells are near the vessel with potential amoebic trophozoites. A) Magnification ×400; B) magnification ×600.

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