Acanthamoeba amoebas can also cause a life-threatening, brain-damaging disease, that being GAE, which starts with symptoms of confusion, headaches and seizures. The amoebas are found worldwide and ...

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 ...