Ghadage Dnyaneshwari Purushottam, Choure Archana Chintaman, Wankhade Archana Bhimrao, Bhore Arvind Vamanrao
Department of Microbiology, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Microbiology, CM Medical College, Kanchandur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2017 Oct-Dec;60(4):601-603. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_815_16.
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.
棘阿米巴属物种可在免疫功能低下的患者中引起肉芽肿性棘阿米巴脑炎。我们报告了一例由棘阿米巴属物种引起的急性化脓性脑膜脑炎病例,该病例发生在一名2岁免疫功能正常的儿童身上,伴有局灶性神经功能缺损。