@article{Siddiqui_R-2023_173263,
title = {Covid-19: Acanthamoeba Creeps into the Brain},
author = {Siddiqui, R. and Niyyati, M. and Abouleish, M. and Khamis, M. and Ibrahim, T. and Khan, N.},
month = {jul},
year = {2023},
abstract = {It is now evident that patients who are seriously affected by COVID-19 (often associated with weakened immune system) are more susceptible to the “black fungus”. Given a weakened host immune system, ubiquitous Acanthamoebacan cause fatal brain infection with &gt;90% mortality rate. We believe that there is a need to raise awareness among physicians of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) caused by Acanthamoebain COVID-19 patients.},
pages = {272-274},
volume = {18},
issue = {2},
journal = {Iranian Journal of Parasitology},
publisher = {KNE Publishing},
url = {https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v18i2.13196},
}
