title: Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent patient: an autopsy case report.
abstract: Chronic granulomatous CNS infections may be caused by tuberculosis, fungi and rarely by free-living amoeba, especially in immunocompromised individuals. We report a rare, fatal case of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis in an immunocompetent patient mimicking CNS tuberculosis, and review the imageological features and diagnostic tests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Mudumba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vijayasaradhi
authors.forename: Megha S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Uppin
authors.forename: Sundaram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Challa
authors.forename: Afshan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jabeen
authors.forename: Rupam
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borghain
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy; D020808:Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020306:Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology