Infections of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges by single celled organisms of the former subkingdom known as protozoa. The central nervous system may be the primary or secondary site of protozoal infection. These diseases may occur as OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS or arise in immunocompetent hosts.

Synonyms: CNS Protozoal Infection, Meningoencephalitides, Acanthamoeba, CNS Protozoal Infections, Meningoencephalitides, Primary Amebic, Protozoal Infection, CNS, Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis, Naegleria fowleri Infections, Acanthamoeba Meningoencephalitis, Meningoencephalitis, Amebic, Protozoal Infections, Central Nervous System, Meningoencephalitides, Balamuthia mandrillaris, Balamuthia mandrillaris CNS Infection, Sappinia diploidea Meningoencephalitis, Meningoencephalitis, Protozoal, Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitides, Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitides, Meningoencephalitis, Sappinia diploidea, Cerebral Protozoal Infections, Cerebral Protozoal Infection, Amebic Meningoencephalitides, Meningoencephalitides, Amebic, Protozoal Infection, Cerebral, Meningoencephalitis, Primary Amebic, Meningoencephalitis, Acanthamoeba, Infection, CNS Protozoal, Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitis, Meningoencephalitides, Sappinia diploidea, Amebic Meningoencephalitides, Primary, Meningoencephalitis, Balamuthia mandrillaris, Sappinia diploidea Meningoencephalitides, Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections, Acanthamoeba Meningoencephalitides, Infections, Protozoal, Central Nervous System, Protozoal Meningoencephalitides, Meningoencephalitides, Protozoal, Meningoencephalitis, Naegleria fowleri, Protozoal Infections, CNS, Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitides, Infection, Central Nervous System, Protozoal, Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Primary, Meningoencephalitides, Naegleria fowleri, Infections, CNS Protozoal, Naegleria fowleri Infection, Protozoal Infections, Cerebral, Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Infection, Naegleria fowleri, Infection, Cerebral Protozoal, Protozoal Meningoencephalitis