Amoebic encephalitis

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (exudate and hemorrhage of frontal cerebral cortex)
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[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ 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[edit | edit source]

* Amoebic encephalitis Archived 2022-11-28 at the Wayback Machine by the Encephalitis Society