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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis with Naegleria fowleri: Clinical review

Pediatric Neurology, 1996
Two children with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis secondary to Naegleria fowleri are reported. Both children died, and the causative agent was identified at autopsy. Presentation and outcome conformed to the usual course of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis and reaffirm the gravity and rapid progression of this infection.
N D, Barnett, A M, Kaplan, R J, Hopkin, M A, Saubolle, M F, Rudinsky   +4 more
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
This report describes a case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. No specific exposure was identified. Treatment with intravenous amphotericin B was associated with marked clinical improvement, but subsequent fatal relapse while still on therapy.
Nabin K, Shrestha, Basudha, Khanal, Sanjib K, Sharma, Subodh S, Dhakal, Reba, Kanungo   +4 more
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis With Subsequent Organ Procurement

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 2011
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare and rapidly fatal disease caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba. It is a diagnosis rarely seen by medical personnel, yet this amoeba is frequently encountered by people who frequent freshwater bodies of water in certain states.
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in the Western Province.

Papua and New Guinea medical journal, 1992
Six cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis were diagnosed and treated at the Balimo Health Centre between December 1986 and September 1988. This disease has not previously been reported in Papua New Guinea although from information derived from other studies it should be occurring in the lowlands of Papua New Guinea from time to time.
G S, Tucker, G, Zerk
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[Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: a case report].

Revista de neurologia, 2004
Infections of the central nervous system by free-living amoeba are a rare phenomenon around the world. They present as a necrotising haemorrhagic acute meningoencephalitis, with a fatality rate close to 100% or as granulomatous amoebic encephalitis with a chronic progression.We describe a fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis produced by ...
O, Cubero-Menéndez, D, Cubero-Rego
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PRIMARY AMŒBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS

The Lancet, 1972
K, Anderson, A, Jamieson
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in children- report of two cases from South India

Tropical Doctor, 2022
Abdul Rauf Kk
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PRIMARY AMŒBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS

The Lancet, 1973
K, Anderson, A, Jamieson, J B, Jadin, E, Willaert   +3 more
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The history of the discovery of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.

Australian family physician, 2002
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis was first recognised by a South Australian pathologist. The histopathological appearances indicated that the organism, Naegleria fowleri, entered the central nervous system from the nasal cavity via the cribriform plate.
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Environmental surveillance of Naegleria fowleri: A way forward for control of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis cases in Pakistan

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Muhammad Wasif Malik, Muhammad Afzal, Haroon Ahmed   +2 more
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