Amoebic encephalitis
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| Amoebic encephalitis | |
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| Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (exudate and hemorrhage of frontal cerebral cortex) | |
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| Specialty | Infectious disease |
Amoebic encephalitis, also spelled amoebic meningoencephalitis, refer to several potentially fatal infections of the central nervous system by free-living amoebae, often referred to in the media as a "brain-eating amoeba" infection. Types include:
- Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
- Naegleriasis, also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
Over 600 cases have been reported globally as of 2019.[1]
References
- ↑ Hara, T; Yagita, K; Sugita, Y (August 2019). "Pathogenic free-living amoebic encephalitis in Japan". Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology. 39 (4): 251–258. doi:10.1111/neup.12582. PMID 31243796.
External links
- Amoebic encephalitis Archived 2022-11-28 at the Wayback Machine by the Encephalitis Society