Significance of Acanthamoeba in Granulomatous Encephalitis

Acanthamoeba is free-living amoebae that have attracted a lot of attention in recent years because of their capacity to cause devastating infections in immune-compromised patients. Wearers of contact lenses, their function in various ecosystems, and their ability to act as a microbial pathogen-host/reservoir and as a model organism for motility study. These are aerobic mitochondria-bearing cells. As amphigoric organisms, Acanthamoeba spp.