title: [Encephalitis due to Naegleria and Acanthamoeba. Comparison of organisms and diseases (author's transl)].
abstract: Naegleria and Acanthamoeba are ubiquitous, free-living amoebas. Infections with Naegleria are acquired nasally by exposure to water and are characterized by an acute fulminant hemorrhagic necrotizing meningoencephalitis leading to death. Acanthamoeba-infections occur in chronically ill, debilitated individuals. A patchy chronic or subacute granulomatous encephalitis is produced by hematogenous spread of the amoebas. The histological or clinical diagnosis is not difficult.
mesh_terms: D000562:Amebiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D000656:Amoeba / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D013045:Species Specificity
vernacular_title: Amöbenenzephalitis durch Naegleria und Acanthamoeba. Vergleich und Gegenüberstellung der Organismen und der Erkrankungen.