Primary amebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri: An autopsy case in Japan

@article{Sugita1999PrimaryAM,
  title={Primary amebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri: An autopsy case in Japan},
  author={Y. Sugita and T. Fujii and I. Hayashi and T. Aoki and Toshiro Yokoyama and M. Morimatsu and T. Fukuma and Y. Takamiya},
  journal={Pathology International},
  year={1999},
  volume={49}
}
Free‐living amebas represented by Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba and Balamutia have been known to cause fatal meningoencephalitis since Fowler and Carter (1965) reported the first four human cases. An autopsy case of a 25‐year‐old female with primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) due to Naegleria fowleri is described. Headache, lethargy and coma developed in this patient, and her condition progressed to death 8 days after the onset of clinical symptoms. Cerebral spinal fluid examination… Expand
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