Fatal Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis, Italy
Fatal Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis, Italy
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DOI：
10.3201/eid1010.040273
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发表时间：
2004-10-01
影响因子：
11.8
通讯作者：
Visvesvara, GS
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作者：
Cogo, PE;Scaglia, M;Visvesvara, GS
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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.