AMEBIC OSTEOMYELITIS IN A CHILD WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME - A CASE-REPORT

Disseminated Acanthamoeba infection has been described In immunocompro mised or debilitated patients The usual sites of involvement Involveme nt are skin, sinus, and brain. Sporadic reports of Acanthamoeba infect ion in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus are pre sent in recent literature, predominantly in adults, and one case invol ving an 8-yeau-old child. We describe a case of amebic osteomyelitis, seen in a 6-year-old child with vertically acquired human immunodefici ency virus and a 6-month history of cutaneous Acanthamoeba infection.