Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
The third case in the UK of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is reported; it affected an 11-year-old girl. Six days before admission the girl had swum in a pool fed by hot spring water in which the causative agent Naegleria fowleri was found. Early treatment with amphotericin B would seem to offer the only hope of recovery in this almost uniformly fatal infection.
D000562:Amebiasis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology