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Rare disease
Unexpected postmortem diagnosis of acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent child
Summary
Meningoencephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp. is a rare opportunistic infection, difficult to diagnose and treat, which causes death in almost all cases. Here, the authors report a 5-year-old Iranian immunocompetent girl who died of fulminant acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first case of acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis in Iran.
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Competing interests None.
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