Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis: What Have We Learned in the Last 5 Years?

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Cope, Jennifer R ^a   Ali, Ibne K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Naegleria fowleri; Primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZITHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; MILTEFOSINE; RIFAMPICIN; TAP WATER;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PROTEOMICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

EID: 84987619498     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-016-0539-4     Document Type: Review

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