A case report of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in North Florida.
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- Report
- Authors
- Anjum SK; Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 36210, USA.; Mangrola K; Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 36210, USA.; Fitzpatrick G; Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.; Stockdale K; Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, Florida Department of Health, 200 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34237, USA.; Matthias L; Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, Florida Department of Health, 200 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34237, USA.; Ali IKM; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.; Cope JR; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.; O'Laughlin K; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.; Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.; Collins S; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 36210, USA.; Beal SG; Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.; Saccoccio FM; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 36210, USA.
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- Publisher: Elsevier Ltd Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 101634540 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 2214-2509 (Print) Linking ISSN: 22142509 NLM ISO Abbreviation: IDCases Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
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- 2214-2509
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is a rare, usually fatal disease, caused by Naegleria fowleri . This case highlights the challenging clinicopathologic diagnosis in a 13-year-old boy who swam in freshwater in northern Florida where a previous case had exposure to a body of water on the same property in 2009.
Competing Interests: The authors report no declarations of interest.
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