A case report of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in North Florida

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is a rare, usually fatal disease, caused by Naegleria fowleri. This case highlights the challenging clinicopathologic diagnosis in a 13-year-old boy who swam in freshwater in northern Florida where a previous case had exposure to a body of water on the same propert...

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Autores principales: Anjum, Saad K., Mangrola, Karna, Fitzpatrick, Garrett, Stockdale, Kimberly, Matthias, Laura, Ali, Ibne Karim M., Cope, Jennifer R., O’Laughlin, Kevin, Collins, Shelley, Beal, Stacy G., Saccoccio, Frances M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01208
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author Anjum, Saad K.
Mangrola, Karna
Fitzpatrick, Garrett
Stockdale, Kimberly
Matthias, Laura
Ali, Ibne Karim M.
Cope, Jennifer R.
O’Laughlin, Kevin
Collins, Shelley
Beal, Stacy G.
Saccoccio, Frances M.
author_facet Anjum, Saad K.
Mangrola, Karna
Fitzpatrick, Garrett
Stockdale, Kimberly
Matthias, Laura
Ali, Ibne Karim M.
Cope, Jennifer R.
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description Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is a rare, usually fatal disease, caused by Naegleria fowleri. This case highlights the challenging clinicopathologic diagnosis in a 13-year-old boy who swam in freshwater in northern Florida where a previous case had exposure to a body of water on the same property in 2009.
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spelling pubmed-82586322021-07-23 A case report of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in North Florida Anjum, Saad K. Mangrola, Karna Fitzpatrick, Garrett Stockdale, Kimberly Matthias, Laura Ali, Ibne Karim M. Cope, Jennifer R. O’Laughlin, Kevin Collins, Shelley Beal, Stacy G. Saccoccio, Frances M. IDCases Case Report Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is a rare, usually fatal disease, caused by Naegleria fowleri. This case highlights the challenging clinicopathologic diagnosis in a 13-year-old boy who swam in freshwater in northern Florida where a previous case had exposure to a body of water on the same property in 2009. Elsevier 2021-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8258632/ /pubmed/34307045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01208 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://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/).
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Fitzpatrick, Garrett
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Cope, Jennifer R.
O’Laughlin, Kevin
Collins, Shelley
Beal, Stacy G.
Saccoccio, Frances M.
A case report of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in North Florida
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title_full A case report of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in North Florida
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01208
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