Primary amebic meningoencephalitis: 1st Case observed in Madagascar;Méningo-encéphalite primitive à amibes libres: 1 er Cas observé à Madagascar

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-13

  Jaffar Bandjee, M C ^a   Alessandri, J L ^a   Molet, B ^b   Clouzeau, J ^c   Jacquemot, L ^a   Samperiz S ^a   Saly, J C ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Departemental Felix Guyon   (France)

^b Institut de Parasitologie de Strasbourg   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Saovinandriana   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Bathe; Free living ameba; Hospital; Indian Ocean; Limax; Madagascar; Naegleria fowleri; Primary amebic meningitidis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; WATER;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; COMA; DELIRIUM; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEVER; FLAGELLATE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; LAKE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; MYOCARDITIS; NAEGLERIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 18844399104     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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