Chronic amebic meningoencephalitis.
A patient had a five-year history of sleep disturbance that culminated in a confusional illness with convulsions from which he made a partial recovery. On three separate occasions, the same ameba (Hartmannella rhysodes) was seen in and cultured from the patient's CSF. There was a rising serum titer of immobilizing antibody against the isolated strain of the ameba. The diagnosis of chronic amebic meningoencephalitis was considered in this patient.
D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006249:Hartmannella; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis*