| Metadata | |
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| ID | DOID:0050246 |
| Name | granulomatous amebic encephalitis |
| Definition | A parasitic protozoa infectious disease that results in infection of the brain caused by Acanthamoeba or Balamuthia mandrillaris. The symptoms include headaches, altered mental status, and focal neurologic deficit, which progresses over several weeks to death. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/FreeLivingAmebic.htm |
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| Subsets |
DO_infectious_disease_slim DO_rare_slim |
| Synonyms |
Acanthamoeba encephalitis [EXACT] Acanthamoeba granulomatous encephalitis [EXACT] Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba [EXACT] granulomatous amoebic encephalitis [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a brain disease |
| Subclass Logical Relationships |
has symptom some altered mental status has symptom some headache disease has location some brain |