- Sappinia amoebic encephalitis
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Sappinia amoebic encephalitis (SAE) is the name for amoebic encephalitis caused by species of Sappinia.[1]
The causative organism was originally identified as Sappinia diploidea,[2][3] but is now considered to be Sappinia pedata.[4]
It has been treated with azithromycin, pentamidine, itraconazole, and flucytosine.[3]
References
- ^ Da Rocha-Azevedo, B.; Tanowitz, H.; Marciano-Cabral, F. (2009). "Diagnosis of infections caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae". Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases 2009: 251406. doi:10.1155/2009/251406. PMC 2719787. PMID 19657454. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2719787.
- ^ Gelman, B. B.; Rauf, S. J.; Nader, R.; Popov, V.; Borkowski, J.; Chaljub, G.; Nauta, H. W.; Visvesvara, G. S. (2001). "Amoebic encephalitis due to Sappinia diploidea". JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 285 (19): 2450–2451. doi:10.1001/jama.285.19.2450. PMID 11368696.
- ^ a b Gelman, B. B.; Popov, V.; Chaljub, G.; Nader, R.; Rauf, S. J.; Nauta, H. W.; Visvesvara, G. S. (2003). "Neuropathological and ultrastructural features of amebic encephalitis caused by Sappinia diploidea". Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 62 (10): 990–998. PMID 14575235.
- ^ Qvarnstrom, Y.; Da Silva, A.; Schuster, F.; Gelman, B.; Visvesvara, G. (2009). "Molecular confirmation of Sappinia pedata as a causative agent of amoebic encephalitis". The Journal of infectious diseases 199 (8): 1139–1142. doi:10.1086/597473. PMID 19302010.
Infectious diseases – Parasitic disease: protozoan infection: Amoebozoa diseases (A06, 006) Lobosea
(free-living)CentramoebidaAcanthamoeba (Acanthamoeba keratitis, Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis, Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, Acanthamoeba infection)Balamuthia mandrillaris (Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis, Balamuthia infection)Sappinia diploidea/Sappinia pedata (Sappinia amoebic encephalitis)Conosa/Archamoebae Entamoeba histolytica (Entamoebiasis, Amoebic dysentery, Amoebic liver abscess, Cutaneous entamoebiasis, Amoebic brain abscess, Amebiasis cutis) · Entamoeba gingivalisCategories:- Encephalitis
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