Evaluation of PCR Assay over Culture for the Detection of Acanthamoeba Spp. In Amoebic Keratitis and Amoebic Meningitis/ Meningoencephalitis Patients in India

Amoebic meningoencephalitis.

The report by &erva and Novk concerning 16 human fatalities associated with amoebic meningoencephalitis (1) should ring a warning bell among members of the (health professions. Amoebas are being cultivated with remarkafble frequency from human sources such as the upper respiratory tract and from serum during searches for viruses thou(ght to cause various respiratory symptoms, fevers, and hepati...

Successful treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis without anti-amoebic agents.

Dear Editor, Acanthamoeba species are opportunistic pathogens that can cause life-threatening diseases in the immunocompromised host. In healthy individuals, Acanthamoeba can cause ulcerating keratitis, which is associated with the use of improperly sterilised contact lenses, trauma or washing with contaminated water.1 Reports have shown that the defenses of a healthy host seemed sufficient to ...

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in Britain.

Meningoencephalitis proved to be due to an amoeba (Naegleria) has been diagnosed in Great Britain for the first time. The first patient (a boy of 2) survived longer than any previously recorded cases, but in spite of early diagnosis and treatment he died 15 days after the onset of meningeal symptoms.Two other children who were exposed to the same possible source of infection (a warm, muddy pudd...

Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis

evaluation of fat atrophy in patients with dermis fat graft of orbit by ct-scan

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