TY - JOUR
AU - Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah
AU - Niyyati, Maryam
AU - Abouleish, Mohamed Yehia
AU - Khamis, Mustafa
AU - Ibrahim, Taleb
AU - Khan, Naveed Ahmed
PY - 2023
DA - July
TI - Covid-19: Acanthamoeba Creeps into the Brain
JO - Iranian Journal of Parasitology
EP - 274
VL - 18
IS - 2
DO - https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v18i2.13196
AB - 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.
PB - KNE Publishing
UR - https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publications/9455fddc-5afa-4e3b-8374-14dbd9972bde
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER