Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
- 11 December 1969
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 281 (24) , 1315-1323
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196912112812401
Abstract
A healthy 15-year-old girl suffered fatal meningoencephalitis due to free-living amebas identified as naegleria. The organisms were cultured from cerebrospinal fluid, brain, lung, liver and spleen, and were seen in heart blood. Acute, diffuse myocarditis complicated by pulmonary edema occurred and was believed to be related to the infecting amebas.Keywords
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