The First Case of Cutaneous Acanthamoebiasis Caused by Acanthamoeba triangularis in Korea

Mi Soo Choi; Na Hye Myong; Min Seo; Sukbin Jang; Dae Kwan Yun; Kyujin Yeom; Dong Il Chung; Byung Cheol Park; Yeonchul Hong; Myung Hwa Kim

doi:10.5021/AD.21.293

The First Case of Cutaneous Acanthamoebiasis Caused by Acanthamoeba triangularis in Korea

Mi Soo Choi, Na Hye Myong, Min Seo, Sukbin Jang, Dae Kwan Yun, Kyujin Yeom, Dong Il Chung, Byung Cheol Park, Yeonchul Hong, Myung Hwa Kim

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S275-S280
Journal	Annals of Dermatology
Volume	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5021/AD.21.293
State	Published - 2023

Keywords

Acanthamoeba triangularis
Amebiasis
Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis

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The First Case of Cutaneous Acanthamoebiasis Caused by Acanthamoeba triangularis in Korea

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