ArticleCase reports in medicine2012
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in an Iranian infant.
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- Isolation and Molecular Identification of Vahlkampfiidae andIranian journal of parasitologyArticle
- Morphological and Molecular Survey of Naegleria spp. in Water Bodies Used for Recreational Purposes in Rasht city, Northern Iran.Iranian journal of parasitologyArticle
- Molecular Identification of Free-Living Amoebae (Iranian journal of parasitologyArticle
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- An Experimental Model of Primary Amoebic Meningoence phalitis Due toIranian journal of parasitologyArticle
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Abstract
Introduction. Naegleria fowleri, a free living amoeba, can cause devastating and deadly diseases in humans. This is the first report of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from Iran. Case report. A five-month-old male infant presented with the history of fever and eye gaze for three days, after beginning of bacterial meningitis, a plain and contrast CT revealed communicated hydrocephalus. In the repeat of CSF analysis on microscopic examination of wet preparation of CSF, Naegleria Fowleri was seen. Then, Amphotericin B and Rifampin were started. On followup, two months later, the patient was totally asymptomatic. Conclusion. Though occurrence of PAM is rare, this unusual disease has grave prognosis, so infection with free living amoebas must be considered in differential diagnosis of pediatric patients of purulent meningitis without evidence of bacteria on Gram's stain and imaging findings, nonspecific brain edema on CT or hydrocephalus even without history of contact.
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