Sappinia amoebic encephalitis

Sappinia amoebic encephalitis (SAE) is the name for amoebic encephalitis caused by species of Sappinia.[1]

Sappinia amoebic encephalitis
Specialty	Infectious disease

The causative organism was originally identified as Sappinia diploidea,[2][3] but is now considered to be Sappinia pedata.[4]

References

Da Rocha-Azevedo, B.; Tanowitz, H.; Marciano-Cabral, F. (2009). "Diagnosis of infections caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae". Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2009: 1–14. doi:10.1155/2009/251406. PMC 2719787. PMID 19657454.
Gelman, B. B.; Rauf, S. J.; Nader, R.; Popov, V.; Borkowski, J.; Chaljub, G.; Nauta, H. W.; Visvesvara, G. S. (2001). "Amoebic encephalitis due to Sappinia diploidea". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 285 (19): 2450–2451. doi:10.1001/jama.285.19.2450. PMID 11368696.
Gelman, B. B.; Popov, V.; Chaljub, G.; Nader, R.; Rauf, S. J.; Nauta, H. W.; Visvesvara, G. S. (2003). "Neuropathological and ultrastructural features of amebic encephalitis caused by Sappinia diploidea". Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 62 (10): 990–998. doi:10.1093/jnen/62.10.990. PMID 14575235.
Qvarnstrom, Y.; Da Silva, A.; Schuster, F.; Gelman, B.; Visvesvara, G. (2009). "Molecular confirmation of Sappinia pedata as a causative agent of amoebic encephalitis". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 199 (8): 1139–1142. doi:10.1086/597473. PMID 19302010.

Centramoebida	Acanthamoeba Acanthamoeba keratitis Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis Acanthamoeba infection Balamuthia mandrillaris Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis Balamuthia infection
Flabellinea	Sappinia diploidea/Sappinia pedata Sappinia amoebic encephalitis

Brain	Encephalitis Viral encephalitis Herpesviral encephalitis Limbic encephalitis Encephalitis lethargica Cavernous sinus thrombosis Brain abscess Amoebic
Spinal cord	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis Demyelinating disease Transverse myelitis Tropical spastic paraparesis Epidural abscess
Both/either	Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated Myalgic Meningoencephalitis

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease Parkinsonism PD Postencephalitic NMS PKAN Tauopathy PSP Striatonigral degeneration Hemiballismus HD OA Dyskinesia Dystonia Status dystonicus Spasmodic torticollis Meige's Blepharospasm Athetosis Chorea Choreoathetosis Myoclonus Myoclonic epilepsy Akathisia Tremor Essential tremor Intention tremor Restless legs Stiff-person
Dementia	Tauopathy Alzheimer's Early-onset Primary progressive aphasia Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration Pick's Dementia with Lewy bodies Posterior cortical atrophy Vascular dementia
Mitochondrial disease	Leigh syndrome

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal Generalised Status epilepticus Myoclonic epilepsy
Headache	Migraine Familial hemiplegic Cluster Tension
Cerebrovascular	TIA Amaurosis fugax Transient global amnesia Acute aphasia Stroke MCA ACA PCA Foville's Millard–Gubler Lateral medullary Medial medullary Weber's Lacunar stroke
Sleep disorders	Insomnia Hypersomnia Sleep apnea Obstructive Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome Narcolepsy Cataplexy Kleine–Levin Circadian rhythm sleep disorder Advanced sleep phase disorder Delayed sleep phase disorder Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder Jet lag

Other

Both/either

SA	Friedreich's ataxia Ataxia-telangiectasia
MND	UMN only: Primary lateral sclerosis Pseudobulbar palsy Hereditary spastic paraplegia LMN only: Distal hereditary motor neuronopathies Spinal muscular atrophies SMA SMAX1 SMAX2 DSMA1 Congenital DSMA SMA-PCH SMA-LED SMA-PME Progressive muscular atrophy Progressive bulbar palsy Fazio–Londe Infantile progressive bulbar palsy both: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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