title: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: a new case from Venezuela.
abstract: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is not often seen. To date, less than 300 cases have been communicated to the medical literature since the disease was first discovered in 1965. Six of these reports originated in Venezuela. The authors describe a new spontaneous case of PAM in a 33-year-old previously healthy Western-Venezuelan man.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital Calles-Sierra, Falcon, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Giusseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caruzo
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cardozo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D020808:Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000209:etiology*; D016848:Naegleria fowleri / Q000302:isolation & purification*