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AMPHOTERICIN B DOSES FOR PRIMARY AMOEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS

Lancet, The, 1986
Antonio Ferrante
exaly   +3 more sources

Laboratory Diagnosis of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis

Laboratory Medicine, 2023
Abstract Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a fulminant fatal human disease caused by the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri. Infection occurs after inhalation of water containing the amoeba, typically after swimming in bodies of warm freshwater. N.
Juan U Rojo, Rajkumar Rajendran, Jose H Salazar   +2 more
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Primary Amoebic (Naegleria) Meningoencephalitis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 1982
The computed tomographic (CT) appearance of a case of primary meningoencephalitis due to the free living amoeba Naegleria fowleri is presented. The cisterns around and above the midbrain and the subarachnoid spaces were obliterated on precontrast CT. Marked enhancement in these regions was seen after intravenous contrast medium administration.
A H, Lam, M, de Silva, P, Procopis, A, Kan   +3 more
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis

Laboratory Medicine, 2002
Case Presentation A 9-year-old female with an unremarkable past medical history presented to a Tyler, Texas emergency department with a 7-day history of worsening frontal headache and bilateral lower extremity “aches.” During the previous 4 days she had also experienced a cough, nasal congestion, and rhinorrhea.
Franklin S. Fuda, Ellen Sigauke, Dominick Cavuoti, Rita Gander, Steven Kroft, Monte S. Willis   +5 more
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in Western Australia

Medical Journal of Australia, 1982
This paper describes the findings in three fatal cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Two children developed the infection in January, 1980, in widely separated wheat-belt towns. The third child's infection, diagnosed by retrospective examination of necropsy material, developed in February, 1963, in the town where the second child lived ...
G, Miller, G, Cullity, I, Walpole, J, O'Connor, P, Masters   +4 more
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A primary amoebic meningoencephalitis case associated with swimming in seawater

Parasitology Research, 2023
This case report describes a 62-year-old male fisherman who presented with persistent vomiting, headache, and behavior changes. Despite initial antibiotic and corticosteroid treatment, his condition worsened, leading to coma and subsequent death. Macro-genome sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed the presence of Naegleria fowleri infection ...
Feng, Wang, Fuping, Shen, Wenchu, Dai, Jiwei, Zhao, Xiaojuan, Chen, Jinlin, Liu   +5 more
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Characterization of brain inflammation during primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

Parasitology International, 2008
Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba and the etiologic agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Trophozoites reach the brain by penetrating the olfactory epithelium, and invasion of the olfactory bulbs results in an intense inflammatory reaction.
Isaac, Cervantes-Sandoval, José de Jesús, Serrano-Luna, Ethel, García-Latorre, Víctor, Tsutsumi, Mineko, Shibayama   +4 more
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PRIMARY AMOEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS: FIFTEEN YEARS LATER

Medical Journal of Australia, 1980
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is a fulminant and rapidly fatal diseases which principally affects children and young adults. The causative organism is Naegleria fowleri, an amoebo-flagellate found in most soil and freshwater habitats. The portal of entry is the nasopharynx from which the amoeba makes its way into the brain by penetration of the ...
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Discovery and control of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

Parasitology Today, 1986
nat appear to be any potential molluscan hosts for S. japonicum in Australia. Though Australia has a large sheep population, cases of human fascioliasis are rare. This is probably a reflection of the extreme urbanization of the population in this country.
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: a new case from Venezuela

Tropical Doctor, 2008
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is not often seen. To date, less than 300 cases have been communicated to the medical literature since the disease was first discovered in 1965. Six of these reports originated in Venezuela. The authors describe a new spontaneous case of PAM in a 33-year-old previously healthy Western-Venezuelan man.
Giusseppe, Caruzo, José, Cardozo
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