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

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 468-470

  Sugita, Yasuo ^a   Fujii, Teruhiko ^a   Hayashi, Itsurou ^a   Aoki, Takachika ^a   Yokoyama, Toshirou ^a   Morimatsu, Minoru ^a   Fukuma, Toshihide ^a   Takamiya, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy case; Naegleria fowleri; Primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETHARGY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ETHMOID SINUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 0032994136     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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