Amoebic meningoencephalitis: a new amoeba isolate.
A strain of Naegleria sp. was isolated repeatedly from the spinal fluid of a boy who died of acute meningoencephalitis 5 days after the onset of the first symptoms.
D000562:Amebiasis; D000656:Amoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology*; D051379:Mice; D013551:Swimming Pools