Brain-eating amoeba
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The term "brain-eating amoeba" has been used to refer to several microorganisms:
- Naegleria fowleri, which causes naegleriasis
- Acanthamoeba spp., which causes the slow-acting infection acanthamoebiasis
- Balamuthia mandrillaris, which causes balamuthiasis
- Paravahlkampfia francinae, which causes a form of PAM
- Sappinia pedata, which causes a form of GAE