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Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis in an AIDS Patient Neurol 41:1993-1995, Gardner,H.A.R.,et al, 1991 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract A 39-year-old man with AIDS died after developing a variety of neurologic symptoms and signs.CT showed multiple enhancing lesions in the cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum.Postmortem examination revealed parenchymal hemorrhagic and necrotizing lesions with a thrombo-occlusive vasculitis due to Acanthamoeba,which was typed as Acanthamoeba group 2,probably A rhysodes,by immunofluoresence.

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