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'''Sappinia amoebic encephalitis''' (SAE) is the name for amoebic [[encephalitis]] caused by species of ''[[Sappinia]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal| last1 = Da Rocha-Azevedo | first1 = B.| last2 = Tanowitz | first2 = H.| last3 = Marciano-Cabral | first3 = F.| title = Diagnosis of infections caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae| journal = Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases| volume = 2009| pages = 1–14| year = 2009| pmid = 19657454| doi = 10.1155/2009/251406| pmc = 2719787| doi-access = free}}</ref> |
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The causative organism was originally identified as ''[[Sappinia diploidea]]'',<ref>{{Cite journal| pmid = 11368696| year = 2001| last1 = Gelman | first1 = B. B.| last2 = Rauf| last3 = Nader| last4 = Popov| last5 = Borkowski| last6 = Chaljub| last7 = Nauta| last8 = Visvesvara| title = Amoebic encephalitis due to Sappinia diploidea| volume = 285| issue = 19| pages = 2450–2451| journal = JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association| doi = 10.1001/jama.285.19.2450 | first2 = S. J. | first3 = R. | first4 = V. | first5 = J. | first6 = G. | first7 = H. W. | first8 = G. S.}}</ref><ref name="pmid14575235">{{Cite journal| pmid = 14575235| year = 2003| last1 = Gelman | first1 = B. B.| last2 = Popov| last3 = Chaljub| last4 = Nader| last5 = Rauf| last6 = Nauta| last7 = Visvesvara| title = Neuropathological and ultrastructural features of amebic encephalitis caused by Sappinia diploidea| volume = 62| issue = 10| pages = 990–998| journal = Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology | first2 = V. | first3 = G. | first4 = R. | first5 = S. J. | first6 = H. W. | first7 = G. S. | doi=10.1093/jnen/62.10.990| doi-access = free}}</ref> but is now considered to be ''[[Sappinia pedata]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal| last1 = Qvarnstrom | first1 = Y.| last2 = Da Silva | first2 = A.| last3 = Schuster | first3 = F.| last4 = Gelman | first4 = B.| last5 = Visvesvara | first5 = G.| title = Molecular confirmation of Sappinia pedata as a causative agent of amoebic encephalitis| journal = The Journal of Infectious Diseases| volume = 199| issue = 8| pages = 1139–1142| year = 2009| pmid = 19302010 | doi = 10.1086/597473| doi-access = free}}</ref> |
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It has been treated with [[azithromycin]], [[pentamidine]], [[itraconazole]], and [[flucytosine]].<ref name="pmid14575235" /> |
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==References== |
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{{Amoebozoa diseases}} |
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{{CNS diseases of the nervous system}} |
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[[Category:Encephalitis]] |
[[Category:Encephalitis]] |
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[[Category:Protozoal diseases]] |
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