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
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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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author Gautam, Parshotam Lal
Sharma, Shruti
Puri, Sandeep
Kumar, Raj
Midha, Vandana
Bansal, Rajinder
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description 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 difficult to diagnose and has a poor prognosis. The present case is one such case in which CSF examination led us to the diagnosis of PAM and finally to a favorable outcome when treated with Amphoterracin B and antibiotics.
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spelling pubmed-33382372012-05-03 A rare case of survival from primary amebic meningoencephalitis Gautam, Parshotam Lal Sharma, Shruti Puri, Sandeep Kumar, Raj Midha, Vandana Bansal, Rajinder Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report 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 difficult to diagnose and has a poor prognosis. The present case is one such case in which CSF examination led us to the diagnosis of PAM and finally to a favorable outcome when treated with Amphoterracin B and antibiotics. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3338237/ /pubmed/22557831 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.94432 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gautam, Parshotam Lal
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Puri, Sandeep
Kumar, Raj
Midha, Vandana
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title A rare case of survival from primary amebic meningoencephalitis
title_full A rare case of survival from primary amebic meningoencephalitis
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title_short A rare case of survival from primary amebic meningoencephalitis
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url 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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