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Rare Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis diagnosed via combined molecular biology and metagenomic sequencing techniques: a case report

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background Naegleria fowleri, a pathogenic free-living amoeba, causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare but devastating disease with acute onset, rapid progression, and > 95% mortality.
Yuanjing Kou, Jiayao Zhang, Dan Wang, Lidan Cui, Qi Sun, Yanqi Lv, Ying Liu, Zhiquan He, Yuling Zhao, Hongwei Zhang, Jun Su, Yaobao Liu, Yan Deng   +12 more
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ISEV2024 Abstract Book

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Volume 13, Issue S1, May 2024.
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PRIMARY AMOEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS: A REVIEW ON THE ETIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT

Naegleria fowleri is a thermophilic free-living amoeba that causes the primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) which is a rare but deadly infection of the central nervous system.
Mekala Jhansi,, Kummari Naveena, Papineni sai Aashritha, Jisti sindhu priya, V.T.Iswariya   +4 more
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Can clinical staging of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis be of any therapeutic benefit [PDF]

, 2017
Naegleria fowleri, is a free-living amoeba (FLA) known to infect humans and cause a fatal disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). All of the patients are commonly admitted to the emergency room (ER).
Mansoor, Armaghan-e-Rehman, Baig, Abdul Mannan, Dr.   +1 more
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis: Discovery and Understanding of a Novel Disease [PDF]

Post print author versionPrimary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) or “brain-eating amoeba disease” is a relatively rare but typically fatal infectious disease of increasing global concern.
Reynolds, Andrew S.
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A pediatric case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri diagnosed by next-generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis, 2021
Huang S, Liang X, Han Y, Zhang Y, Li X, Yang Z.   +5 more
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Seasonal Meningoencephalitis in Holstein Cattle Caused by Naegleria Fowleri

, 2005
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is a fulminant infection of the human central nervous system caused by Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba that thrives in artificially or naturally heated water. The infection usually is acquired while bathing or
Francisco A. Uzal, Govinda S. Visvesvara, Michael D. Manzer, Hailu Kinde, Barbara M. Daft, Deryck H. Read   +5 more
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Emerging cases of Naegleria fowleri infection in India: A brief report (2018–2025)

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: The thermophilic free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a nearly universally fatal infection.
Sumel Ashique, Mohini Mondal, Anas Islam, Md Sadique Hussain, Sathvik Belagodu Sridhar, Mohd Tariq, Tabarak Malik   +6 more
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Review of the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of Naegleria fowleri-induced Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis

Naegleria fowleri is a thermophilic, ubiquitous, free-living amoeba, but is also known as the “brain-eating” amoeba. This is the etiological agent of a rare and fulminant waterborne disease known as Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) that is ...
Zhang, Terrance
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Erratum to: Clinical metagenomic identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis and assembly of the draft genome: The continuing case for reference genome sequencing [Genome Med. 7 (2015) 113]

, 2015
© 2015 Greninger et al. Background: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare, often lethal, cause of encephalitis, for which early diagnosis and prompt initiation of combination antimicrobials may improve clinical outcomes.
Nomura, Y, Federman, S, Dunnebacke, T, Yagi, S, Mirsky, D, Bouquet, J, Messacar, K, Glaser, C, Chiu, Charles, Naccache, SN, Greninger, AL   +10 more
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