We report a fatal case of encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in a 24-year-old woman from India with systemic lupus erythematosus. Diagnosis was made by identification of amebas in brain sections by immunofluorescence analysis and confirmed by demonstrating Acanthamoeba mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene DNA in brain tissue sections

Bloch

Charudatt G. Shirwadkar

Cogo

Foreman

Frederick L. Schuster

Govinda S. Visvesvara

Grunnet

Koide

Martinez

Milind Sankhe

Rama Sriram

Ramesh Deshpande

Rohini Samant

Sangruchi

Schuster

Shigeo Yagi

Visvesvara

Yagi

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