Diagnosis of the primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri.
Trophozoites of the free-living amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, were isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of meningoencephalitis patient. The infecting agent was identified as N. fowleri based on morphologic, serologic and molecular techniques carried out on the isolated organisms.
Department of Parasitology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830-0011, Japan. thara@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Tatsuru
T
Hara
Toshihide
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Fukuma
D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D020808:Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000469:parasitology*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D016848:Naegleria fowleri / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods
D016054:DNA, Protozoan