Overview:
Amoeba is commonly found in the environment; rarely causes diseases but is lethal when it does.
Management:
1. Treatment of skin infections with amphotericin B, voriconazole, ketoconazole, fluconazole, albendazole, co-trimoxazole and suphadiazine.
2. For eye infections, cationic antiseptics such as chlorhexidine that destroy hard-to-kill spores are used though generally not very effective.
