Primary amebic meningoencephalitis

N Engl J Med. 1969 Dec 11;281(24):1315-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196912112812401.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amebiasis* / diagnosis
  • Amebiasis* / drug therapy
  • Amebiasis* / epidemiology
  • Amebiasis* / etiology
  • Amebiasis* / microbiology
  • Amebiasis* / pathology
  • Amoeba / cytology
  • Amoeba / isolation & purification
  • Autopsy
  • Brain / microbiology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Emetine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis
  • Meningoencephalitis / drug therapy
  • Meningoencephalitis / etiology*
  • Meningoencephalitis / pathology
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Myocarditis / etiology
  • Neurologic Manifestations
  • Pulmonary Edema / etiology
  • Spinal Puncture
  • Spleen / microbiology
  • Swimming
  • Virginia

Substances

  • Metronidazole
  • Chloroquine
  • Emetine