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Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis: A Case Report

Primary amebic encephalitis (PAM) is a devastating central nervous system infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba, which can survive in soil and warm fresh water. Here, a 43-year-old healthy male was exposed to warm freshwater 5 days before the symptom onset. He rapidly developed...

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Autores principales: Chen, Minhua, Ruan, Wei, Zhang, Lingling, Hu, Bangchuan, Yang, Xianghong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6616161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31284352
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2019.57.3.291