A rare case of survival from primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare and fatal disease of central nervous system (CNS) caused by Naegleria fowleri, an ameba found in soils and warm waters. It enters the CNS after insufflation of infected water by attaching itself to the olfactory nerves. The infection is usually diff...

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Autores principales: Gautam, Parshotam Lal, Sharma, Shruti, Puri, Sandeep, Kumar, Raj, Midha, Vandana, Bansal, Rajinder
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557831
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.94432

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557831
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.94432

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