Characterization of Naegleria fowleri strains isolated from human cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in Mexico

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 342-347

  Cervantes Sandoval, Isaac ^a,b   de Jesús Serrano Luna, José ^a   Tapia Malagón, José Luis ^c   Pacheco Yépez, Judith ^d   Silva Olivares, Angélica ^a   Galindo Gómez, Silvia ^a   Tsutsumi, Víctor ^a   Shibayama, Mineko ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c Laboratorio de Oportunistas   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD LA SALLE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Case reports; Diagnosis; Free living amoebae: Naegleria fowleri; Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; KANAMYCIN; PROTEINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC STRAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MEXICO; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 38049031112     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: 00348376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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