Open AccessOpportunistic free: Living amoeba now becoming a usual pathogen?
Author(s) -
Dnyaneshwari P. Ghadage,
Archana Chintaman Choure,
Archana Bhimrao Wankhade,
Arvind V. Bhore
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_815_16
Subject(s) - acanthamoeba , meningoencephalitis , amoeba (genus) , encephalitis , opportunistic pathogen , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , human pathogen , opportunistic infection , medicine , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , virus , genetics , viral disease
Acanthamoeba species cause granulomatous Acanthamoeba encephalitis in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of acute purulent meningoencephalitis with a focal neurological deficit caused by Acanthamoeba species in a 2 years immunocompetent child.