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Granulomatous Encephalitis: Protothecosis Excluded? (2016)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Hench, Juergen

Hewer, Ekkehard

Lass-Flörl, Cornelia

Stippich, Christoph

Tolnay, Markus

Rusche, Norman

Sonderegger, Beat

Sailer, Martin

Lyrer, Philippe

Peters, Nils

Frank, Stephan

Roschanski, Nicole (WE 10)

Rösler, Uwe (WE 10)

Quelle

Histopathology

Bandzählung: 69

Heftzählung: 6

Seiten: 1082 – 1084

ISSN: 0309-0167

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

DOI: 10.1111/his.13020

Pubmed: 27334617

Kontakt

Institut für Tier- und Umwelthygiene

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13
14169 Berlin
+49 30 838 51845
tierhygiene@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

We report two cases of unclear granulomatous encephalitis where pathogenic algae, genus Prototheca, were identified as causative agent. Granulomatous encephalitis is - after exclusion of cause - per definition diagnosed and managed as neurosarcoidosis. However, protothecal infections go undetected by standard bacterial and fungal rDNA screening. As cerebral protothecosis is potentially treatable, raising awareness for this condition is relevant, because therapeutic immunosuppression is to be avoided. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.