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A Fatal Case of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis from Recreational Waters [PDF]

Case Reports in Critical Care, 2020
Background. Naegleria Fowleri is a single-cell, thermophilic amphizoid amoeba, and a rare known causative agent for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis with >97% mortality rate.
Edward Hamaty, Saif Faiek, Minesh Nandi, David Stidd, Manish Trivedi, Hari Kandukuri   +5 more
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A case report: primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in a young Zambian adult [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a fulminant disease of the brain caused by Naegleria fowleri. Although the disease is rare, the case fatality rate is very high. In this report, we describe the first case of PAM in Zambia.
Mashina Chomba, Luchenga A. Mucheleng’anga, Sombo Fwoloshi, Joseph Ngulube, Mable M. Mutengo   +4 more
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in an Infant

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2019
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is rare but fatal disease encountered in immunocompetent individuals. Here, we present a case of a previously healthy 8-month-old female child, who presented with features of meningoencephalitis of 2 days' duration. Rapidly moving trophozoites of amoeba were observed in cerebrospinal fluid, which were confirmed to be
Sumeeta Khurana, Parakriti Gupta
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Evaluating the Drinking Water Distribution System of Lahore for Free-Living Amoebas, Particularly Naegleria spp.

Journal of Parasitology Research
Free-living amoebas are ubiquitous in distribution systems and recreational waters. Numerous studies have described the problem posed by their presence in the drinking water distribution systems of Lahore; however, very few studies have been done on ...
Ayesha Najam, Sana Ullah Iqbal, Waqas Ahmed, Rabia Tanvir, Haroon Akbar   +4 more
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri in a 6-year-old girl: case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundPrimary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is caused by Naegleria fowleri, a rare but highly fatal central nervous system infection with a mortality rate exceeding 95%.
Lihua Fu, Yu Zhang, Lixiang Wang, Xiaoling Li   +3 more
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Ginsenosides Rb3 and Rc Exhibit Anti-Amoebic Activities Against Naegleria fowleri, the Etiological Agent of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals
Background/Objectives: Naegleria fowleri is an opportunistic pathogen causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a fatal neuroinflammatory disease with a high mortality rate of over 97%, in humans.
Thu Hằng Nguyễn, Hương Giang Lê, Tuấn Cường Võ, Minkyoung Cho, Byoung-Kuk Na   +4 more
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A case of Naegleria fowleri related primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in China diagnosed by next-generation sequencing [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), caused by Naegleria fowleri, is a rare protozoan infectious disease in China. A fatality rate of over 95% had been reported due to extremely rapid disease progression in the USA and other countries ...
Qiang Wang, Jianming Li, Jingkai Ji, Liuqing Yang, Li Chen, Rongrong Zhou, Yang Yang, Haixia Zheng, Jing Yuan, Liqiang Li, Yuhai Bi, George F. Gao, Jinmin Ma, Yingxia Liu   +13 more
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Outbreak of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in Kerala

RGUHS Journal of Medical Sciences
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P S Shankar
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Fatal Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in Coastal Areas of North China in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Infection and Drug Resistance
Qian Li Wang,1,* Sheng Nan Teng,1,* Xiao Jing Zhang,2 Yu Xin Guo,2 Yang Kong,1 Xing Han Tian,1 Yi Zhang1,3 1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, People’s ...
Wang QL, Teng SN, Zhang XJ, Guo YX, Kong Y, Tian XH, Zhang Y   +6 more
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Repurposing CNS drugs Zonisamide and Perampanel conjugated with silver nanoparticles as an anti-amoebic agent in combating Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis (GAE) and Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) infection caused by Acanthamoeba castellanii and Naegleria Fowleri [PDF]

Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Acanthamoeba castellanii (A. castellanii) and Naegleria fowleri (N. fowleri) are free-living amoebae that cause Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE) and Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), respectively rare but often fatal central nervous ...
Devandran Apparasamy, Niwasini Krishna Kumar, Chris Izaak Jones, Yee Mon Htet, Haema Thevanayagam, Usman Ahmed, Mohd Farooq Shaik, Ayaz Anwar, Kavitha Rajendran   +8 more
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