Unexpected postmortem diagnosis of acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent child.
Meningoencephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp. is a rare opportunistic infection, difficult to diagnose and treat, which causes death in almost all cases. Here, the authors report a 5-year-old Iranian immunocompetent girl who died of fulminant acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case of acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis in Iran.
Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoghi Hospital, Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran. binesh44@yahoo.com
Fariba
F
Binesh
Mehran
M
Karimi
Hossein
H
Navabii
D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000469:parasitology*