Treatment of Cutaneous Balamuthia mandrillaris Infection With Diminazene Aceturate: A Report of 4 Cases.

Abstract

Four cases of cutaneous Balamuthia mandrillaris infection were treated with diminazene aceturate. One patient was cured with mainly monotherapy, 2 patients were cured with diminazene aceturate and excision, and 1 patient died of drug-induced liver damage. This is the first report of B. mandrillaris infection treated with diminazene aceturate.

• Authors: Lei Wang, Bing Li, Tao Zhao, Lu Wang, Zhe Jian, Wenjing Cheng, Jiaxi Chen, Chunying Li, Gang Wang, Tianwen Gao
• Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 75 Issue 9 Pg. 1637-1640 (10 29 2022) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 35514134 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: [email protected].

Chemical References

• diminazene aceturate
• Diminazene

Topics

• Humans
• Balamuthia mandrillaris
• Diminazene (therapeutic use)
• Cellulitis
• Amebiasis