Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis

Successful management of post-COVID-19 acanthamoebic encephalitis

Acanthamoebic encephalitis is a rare and highly fatal disease that has no standard management protocol. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes immune dysfunction and may predispose patients to this infection.The present study describes successful management of acanthamoebic encephalitis in a you...

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Main Authors:	Govinda Siripurapu, Sameer Abdul Samad, Saman Fatima, Naveet Wig, M.V. Padma Srivastava
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	Acanthamoeba acanthamoebic encephalitis miltefosine COVID-19
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221006020

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