Lethal encounters: The evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis

The free-living amoebae are thermophilic organisms that may play an increasing role among diseases of a warming world. They are uncommon, accidental, yet high consequence pathogens, with differing pathologic syndromes. New prospects for diagnosis and life-saving treatment make early disease recognit...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gompf, Sandra G., Garcia, Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6430007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30937287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00524
_version_ 1783405709164019712
author Gompf, Sandra G.
Garcia, Cristina
author_facet Gompf, Sandra G.
Garcia, Cristina
author_sort Gompf, Sandra G.
collection PubMed
description The free-living amoebae are thermophilic organisms that may play an increasing role among diseases of a warming world. They are uncommon, accidental, yet high consequence pathogens, with differing pathologic syndromes. New prospects for diagnosis and life-saving treatment make early disease recognition imperative. We review the three most commonly diagnosed species that infect humans: Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba species, and Balamuthia mandrillaris.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6430007
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2019
publisher Elsevier
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-64300072019-04-01 Lethal encounters: The evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis Gompf, Sandra G. Garcia, Cristina IDCases Article The free-living amoebae are thermophilic organisms that may play an increasing role among diseases of a warming world. They are uncommon, accidental, yet high consequence pathogens, with differing pathologic syndromes. New prospects for diagnosis and life-saving treatment make early disease recognition imperative. We review the three most commonly diagnosed species that infect humans: Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba species, and Balamuthia mandrillaris. Elsevier 2019-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6430007/ /pubmed/30937287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00524 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Gompf, Sandra G.
Garcia, Cristina
Lethal encounters: The evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis
title Lethal encounters: The evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis
title_full Lethal encounters: The evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis
title_fullStr Lethal encounters: The evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis
title_full_unstemmed Lethal encounters: The evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis
title_short Lethal encounters: The evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis
title_sort lethal encounters: the evolving spectrum of amoebic meningoencephalitis
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6430007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30937287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00524
work_keys_str_mv AT gompfsandrag lethalencounterstheevolvingspectrumofamoebicmeningoencephalitis
AT garciacristina lethalencounterstheevolvingspectrumofamoebicmeningoencephalitis

Ejemplares similares