Resources with keywords: parasitic
Notes from the Field: Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in a Patient Who Regularly Used Tap Water in an Electronic Nasal Irrigation Device and a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Machine at Home — New Mexico, 2023
CDC / MMWR
27 March 2025
Haston JC, Ali IK, Roy S, et al.
Acanthamoeba, a free-living ameba, can cause encephalitis and disseminated disease that are nearly always fatal. Immunocompromised persons are at highest risk for these infections
