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Case Reports
. 2017 Oct-Dec;60(4):601-603.
doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_815_16.

Opportunistic free: Living amoeba now becoming a usual pathogen?

Dnyaneshwari Purushottam Ghadage  1 , Archana Chintaman Choure  1 , Archana Bhimrao Wankhade  2 , Arvind Vamanrao Bhore  1
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Opportunistic free: Living amoeba now becoming a usual pathogen?

Dnyaneshwari Purushottam Ghadage et al. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2017 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

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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