A case report of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in North Florida

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is a rare, usually fatal disease, caused by Naegleria fowleri. This case highlights the challenging clinicopathologic diagnosis in a 13-year-old boy who swam in freshwater in northern Florida where a previous case had exposure to a body of water on the same propert...

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Published in:IDCases
Main Authors: Anjum, Saad K., Mangrola, Karna, Fitzpatrick, Garrett, Stockdale, Kimberly, Matthias, Laura, Ali, Ibne Karim M., Cope, Jennifer R., O’Laughlin, Kevin, Collins, Shelley, Beal, Stacy G., Saccoccio, Frances M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258632/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307045
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01208
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