Primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Pediatr Clin North Am. 1985 Aug;32(4):881-92. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)34860-x.

Abstract

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is a disease caused by the free-living amebae of the genera Naegleria or Acanthamoeba. The clinical course may result in death a few days after presentation or it may be insidious, with progressive neurologic deterioration and death after a chronic course. This article describes the organisms involved, the clinical course, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Amebiasis* / diagnosis
  • Amebiasis* / drug therapy
  • Amebiasis* / parasitology
  • Amebiasis* / pathology
  • Amoeba / isolation & purification
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Blood / parasitology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis
  • Meningoencephalitis / drug therapy
  • Meningoencephalitis / etiology*
  • Meningoencephalitis / pathology
  • Swimming Pools
  • Water Microbiology

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Amphotericin B