Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis causing secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in an immunocompetent patient: A first case report.

Mohit ChowdhuryPrithivi Raaj PrakashAmandeep SinghPankaj JorwalSumanta DasManish Soneja

Published in: The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (2023)

To the best of our knowledge, we report the first case of Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis causing secondary HLH. Our case highlights this rare association and the need for extensive clinical and laboratory evaluation of suspected patients by a multidisciplinary team.

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