Abstract
Free-living amoebas (FLA) are protozoan parasites that occasionally cause disease in humans after contact with contaminated water or soil. We describe a series of three cases of encephalitis in a family group with a fatal outcome that occurred in the Tumbes region between December 2019 and February 2020. Acan-thamoeba sp. was identified in the cerebrospinal fluid sample from case 1. All three cases had a history of entering a swimming pool months before the disease. In the Tumbes region there is no previous record of encephalitis due to FLA and its occurrence in a family cluster has never been reported before.
| Translated title of the contribution | Encefalitis letal por amebas de vida libre en tres miembros de una familia, tumbes, Perú |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 291-295 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Apr 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Acanthamoeba
- Amebiasis
- Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections
- Encephalitis
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