Fatal Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis, Italy

Cogo, Paola E.; Scaglia, Massimo; Gatti, Simonetta; Rossetti, Flavio; Alaggio, Rita; Laverda, Anna Maria; Zhou, Ling; Xiao, Lihua; Visvesvara, Govinda S.

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Fatal Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis, Italy

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Oct 2004
By Cogo, Paola E. ; Scaglia, Massimo ; Gatti, Simonetta ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Cogo, Paola E. ; Scaglia, Massimo ; Gatti, Simonetta ; Rossetti, Flavio ; Alaggio, Rita ; Laverda, Anna Maria ; Zhou, Ling ; Xiao, Lihua ; Visvesvara, Govinda S.
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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 basis of polymerase chain reaction test results.
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Amebiasis Animals Brain Child Fatal Outcome Humans Male
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Emerg Infect Dis. 10(10):1835-1837.
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Journal Article
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Italy
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10
Issue:

10
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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