Shalini Dewan Duggal Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Microbiology
Department of Microbiology, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Rohini, Delhi, India
Dr Shalini Dewan Duggal Associate professor in Department of Microbiology, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Rohini, located in Rohini, Delhi, India. Currently , Dr Shalini Dewan Duggal the author/editors/reviewer in several international journals. He published 10 articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations.
Review Article Open Access
Author(s): Shalini Dewan Duggal, Sharon Rainy Rongpharpi, Ashish Kumar Duggal, Avinash Kumar and Indu Biswal
Amoebic encephalitis is an infrequently encountered, fatal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) seen mostly in immunocompromised individuals and rarely in immunocompetent. The mechanisms associated with the pathogenesis of GAE remains undefined, however various hypothesis have been suggested. Diagnosis is based on neuroimaging, microscopy, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture, serology, and histopathology and recently by Molecular methods. Combination drug therapy along with immunotherapy has been tried in most cases despite poor outcome. Vaccine against Acanthamoeba infections is still in infancy. Research should be focused to convert these ‘Trojan horses’ of infections into ‘Caravans’ of disease prevention.
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