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A Fatal Case of Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis in Taiwan

After bathing at a hot spring resort, a 75-year-old man presented to the emergency department because of seizure-like attack with loss of conscious. This is the first case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by Naegleria fowleri in Taiwan. PAM was diagnosed based on detection of activ...

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Autores principales: Su, Mei-Yu, Lee, Ming-Shih, Shyu, Ling-Yuh, Lin, Wei-Chen, Hsiao, Pei-Ching, Wang, Chi-Ping, Ji, Dar-Der, Chen, Ke-Min, Lai, Shih-Chan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23710088
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.2.203

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