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Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent patient: An autopsy case report
Author(s) -
Reddy Rajesh,
Vijayasaradhi Mudumba,
Uppin Megha S.,
Challa Sundaram,
Jabeen Afshan,
Borghain Rupam
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
neuropathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1789
pISSN - 0919-6544
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2010.01151.x
Subject(s) - meningoencephalitis , tuberculosis , autopsy , medicine , encephalitis , naegleria fowleri , pathology , acanthamoeba , immunology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , virus
Chronic granulomatous CNS infections may be caused by tuberculosis, fungi and rarely by free‐living amoeba, especially in immunocompromised individuals. We report a rare, fatal case of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis in an immunocompetent patient mimicking CNS tuberculosis, and review the imageological features and diagnostic tests.