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Various brain-eating amoebae: the protozoa, the pathogenesis, and the disease

Frontiers of Medicine 2021, Volume 15, Issue 6,   Pages 842-866 doi: 10.1007/s11684-021-0865-2

Abstract: of free-living amoebae prevalent in nature, some members are identified as causative agents of human encephalitisresponsible for infections, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia work as opportunistic pathogens of granulomatousamoebic encephalitis in immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals, whereas Naegleriainduces primary amoebic meningoencephalitis mostly in healthy children and young adults as a more violentDue to the lack of typical symptoms and laboratory findings, all these amoebic encephalitic diseases

Keywords： free-living amoebae     central nervous system infection     primary amoebic meningoencephalitis     granulomatousamoebic encephalitis    

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Various brain-eating amoebae: the protozoa, the pathogenesis, and the disease

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