Fatal meningoencephalitis in child and isolation of Naegleria fowleri from hot springs in Costa Rica

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb;21(2):382-4. doi: 10.3201/eid2102.141576.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amebiasis / diagnosis
  • Amebiasis / epidemiology*
  • Amebiasis / microbiology*
  • Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections / diagnosis
  • Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections / microbiology*
  • Child
  • Costa Rica / epidemiology
  • Hot Springs / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Naegleria fowleri / classification
  • Naegleria fowleri / genetics
  • Naegleria fowleri / isolation & purification*

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KM658156