ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2024
Acanthamoeba Infection and Nasal Rinsing, United States, 1994-2022.
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- Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Kerala, India, 2025.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Review
- Disseminated Acanthamoeba Infection with Necrotic Skin Lesions and Granulomatous Vasculitis, United States.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Early plasma cell-free DNA diagnosis of fatalIDCases · 2026Article
- 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.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2025Article
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Abstract
We describe 10 patients with nonkeratitis Acanthamoeba infection who reported performing nasal rinsing before becoming ill. All were immunocompromised, 7 had chronic sinusitis, and many used tap water for nasal rinsing. Immunocompromised persons should be educated about safe nasal rinsing to prevent free-living ameba infections.
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