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Opportunistic free: Living amoeba now becoming a usual pathogen?

Author(s) -

Archana Chintaman Choure,

DnyaneshwariPurushottam Ghadage,

ArchanaBhimrao Wankhade,

ArvindVamanrao Bhore

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

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 , encephalitis , amoeba (genus) , opportunistic pathogen , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , opportunistic infection , medicine , biology , virology , bacteria , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , 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.

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