title: Primary amebic meningoencephalitis--North Carolina, 1991.
abstract: During September 1991, two children in North Carolina died from primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare and often fatal illness resulting from infection with Naegleria fowleri. This report summarizes clinical and epidemiologic information about these two cases and characterizes N. fowleri infection.
mesh_terms: D000562:Amebiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D016848:Naegleria fowleri; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology