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.

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