Fatal Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis, Italy
We report the first case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Italy, in a 9-year-old boy. Clinical course was fulminant, and diagnosis was made by identifying amebas in stained brain sections and by indirect immunofluorescence analysis. Naegleria fowleri was characterized as genotype I on the ba...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2004-10-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/10/04-0273_article |