Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: fifteen years later
Thong, Y.H.
Medical Journal of Australia 1(8): 352-354
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X PMID: 6993889 Document Number: 162649
Current knowledge about primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, due to Naegleria fowleri, is reviewed 15 years after its first clinical recognition by Fowler and Carter in South Australia. The parasitology, epidemiology, pathology, virulence and immunity, and diagnosis, prevention and treatment are considered.