Acanthamoeba, a free-living amoeba ... including granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE), an infection of the central nervous system, as well as cutaneous disease, rhinosinusitis, pulmonary ...

Acanthamoeba lurks in lakes ... or inflammation of the nasal cavity and sinuses, 6 had GAE, 6 had cutaneous disease, a type of skin infection, and three had osteomyelitis, an infection of the ...