Successful treatment of amoebic meningoencephalitis in a Chinese living in Hong Kong.
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri was found in a 38-year-old Chinese man living in Hong Kong who presumably acquired the infection from swimming in a hot spring in neighbouring China. Amoebic cysts were identified in tissue taken from a brain abscess. The patient responded to surgical drainage and a 6-week course of amphotericin B, rifampicin and chloramphenicol. This is one of 6 cases of successful treatment of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis documented in the medical literature.
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Department of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin.
Kay
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Poon
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HK
D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000818:Animals; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003399:Craniotomy; D004322:Drainage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D016848:Naegleria fowleri / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage
D002701:Chloramphenicol; D000666:Amphotericin B; D012293:Rifampin