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Central nervous system infections caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae: An Indian perspective
Trop Biomed. 2022 Jun 1;39(2):265-280. doi: 10.47665/tb.39.2.017.ABSTRACTPathogenic free-living amoebae (FLA), namely Acanthamoeba sp., Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris are distributed worldwide. These neurotropic amoebae can cause fatal central nervous system (CNS) infections in humans. This review deals with the demographic characteristics, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment outcomes of patients with CNS infections caused by FLA documented in India. There have been 42, 25, and 4 case reports of Acanthamoeba granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), N. fowleri primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), and B....
Source: Tropical Biomedicine - July 15, 2022 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: R Raju S Khurana A Mahadevan D V John Source Type: research
