Lethal encephalitis due to free-living amoebae in three members of a family, tumbes, Peru

María Edith Solís-Castro

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2021.382.6754

Lethal encephalitis due to free-living amoebae in three members of a family, tumbes, Peru

Título traducido de la contribución: Encefalitis letal por amebas de vida libre en tres miembros de una familia, tumbes, Perú

María Edith Solís-Castro

Centro Nacional de Epidemiología
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

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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.

Título traducido de la contribución	Encefalitis letal por amebas de vida libre en tres miembros de una familia, tumbes, Perú
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	291-295
Número de páginas	5
Publicación	Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
Volumen	38
N.º	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2021.382.6754
Estado	Publicada - 1 abr. 2021
Publicado de forma externa	Sí

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