Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.

Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis

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 due to Naegleria fowleri.

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) due to Naegleria fowleri was detected in a 36-year-old, Indian countryman who had a history of taking bath in the village pond. He was admitted in a semi comatosed condition with severe frontal headache, neck stiffness, intermittent fever, nausea, vomiting, left hemiparesis and seizures. Computerized tomography (CT) scan of brain showed a soft tissue no...

Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in an Iranian Infant

Introduction. Naegleria fowleri, a free living amoeba, can cause devastating and deadly diseases in humans. This is the first report of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from Iran. Case report. A five-month-old male infant presented with the history of fever and eye gaze for three days, after beginning of bacterial meningitis, a plain and contrast CT revealed communicated hydrocephalus. In th...

Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis Caused By Naegleria Fowleri

ABBREVIATIONS B103: Brain cell line 103, CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CHO: Chinese Hamster Ovary, CMI: Cell mediated immunity, CNS: Central nervous system, CSF: Cerebro-spinal fluid, E6:Vero monkey kidney cell culture, HLF: Human lung fibroblast, HMG: High mobility group protein, HSP70: Heat shock protein 70, IFA: Immunoflurescent assay, ITS: Internal transcribed spacers, kD...