TY - JOUR AU - Meersseman, Wouter AU - Lagrou, Katrien AU - Sciot, Raf AU - de Jonckheere, Johan AU - Haberler, Christine AU - Walochnik, Julia AU - Peetermans, Willy E. AU - van Wijngaerden, Eric T1 - Rapidly Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis and Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 469 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe a 66-year-old woman with therapy-refractory cryoglobulinemia treated with rituximab, plasmapheresis, and steroids; a case of fatal meningoencephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp. then developed. Such infections are rare and show an unusually rapid course (possibly related to rituximab). KW - Acanthamoeba KW - encephalitis KW - immunosuppression KW - rituximab KW - dispatch KW - Belgium DO - 10.3201/eid1303.061001 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/3/06-1001_article ER - End of Reference