title: A 53-year-old woman with rapidly progressive altered mental status and ataxia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomic Pathology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Krasik
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Govindra S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Visvesvara
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020808:Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography