Future Priorities in Tackling Infections Due to Brain-Eating Amoebae

Naveed Ahmed Khan; Ayaz Anwar; Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui

doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00343

Future Priorities in Tackling Infections Due to Brain-Eating Amoebae

Naveed Ahmed Khan^*, Ayaz Anwar, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui

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Abstract

Brain-eating amoebae (Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri) can cause opportunistic infections involving the central nervous system. It is troubling that the mortality rate is more than 90% despite advances in antimicrobial chemotherapy over the last few decades. Here, we describe urgent key priorities for improving outcomes from infections due to brain-eating amoebae.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2355−2355
Number of pages	1
Journal	ACS Chemical Neuroscience
Volume	8
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00343
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2017

Keywords

Amoebae
brain-eating
infection
central nervous system

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