Acanthamoeba Antifungal drugs including ketoconazole, miconazole, 5-flucytosine and pentamidine have been shown to be effective against Acanthamoeba in vitro. Balamuthia Like with Acanthamoeba, infection of the brain with this organism rapidly turns fatal in most cases. However some survivors have been reported: Two patients survived after being successfully treated with a therapy consisting of flucytosine, pentamidine, fluconazole, sulfadiazine, and azithromycin. Thioridazine or trifluoperazine was also given. Successful treatment in these cases was credited to "awareness of Balamuthia as the causative agent of encephalitis and early initiation of antimicrobial therapy." In one case, cloxacillin, ceftriaxone, and amphotericin B were tried, but this treatment protocol did not prove effective.
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
Sappinia amoebic encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis
Eastern equine encephalitis
Rasmussen's encephalitis
Tick-borne encephalitis
Herpesviral encephalitis
La Crosse encephalitis