Successful Treatment of an Adolescent with Naegleria fowleri Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis

Naegleria fowleri is a thermophilic free-living ameba that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis. Infections are nearly always fatal. We present the third well-documented survivor of this infection in North America. Survival most likely resulted from a combination of early identification and tre...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics
Hauptverfasser: Linam, W. Matthew, Ahmed, Mubbasheer, Cope, Jennifer R., Chu, Craig, Visvesvara, Govinda S., da Silva, Alexandre J., Qvarnstrom, Yvonne, Green, Jerril
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2015
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4634363/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25667249
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-2292
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