Literature DB >> 8473770

Primary amoebic meningo-encephalitis in southern Africa.

C J Schoeman1, A E van der Vyver, G S Visvesvara.   

Abstract

A fatal childhood case of confirmed primary amoebic meningo-encephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri is reported. This appears to be the first such case identified in southern Africa. The diagnosis and management of this unusual and lethal infection is discussed and attention is drawn to the possible danger of swimming in contaminated warm water.

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Year:  1993        PMID： 8473770     DOI： 10.1016/0163-4453(93)93085-i

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Infect        ISSN： 0163-4453            Impact factor:   6.072


  7 in total

1.  Abundance of Naegleria fowleri in roof-harvested rainwater tank samples from two continents.

Authors:  Monique Waso; Penelope Heather Dobrowsky; Kerry Ann Hamilton; Geoffrey Puzon; Haylea Miller; Wesaal Khan; Warish Ahmed
Journal:  Environ Sci Pollut Res Int       Date:  2017-12-11       Impact factor: 4.223

Review 2.  Importance of nonenteric protozoan infections in immunocompromised people.

Authors:  J L N Barratt; J Harkness; D Marriott; J T Ellis; D Stark
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2010-10       Impact factor: 26.132

Review 3.  Neuroimmunology of Common Parasitic Infections in Africa.

Authors:  Richard Idro; Rodney Ogwang; Antonio Barragan; Joseph Valentino Raimondo; Willias Masocha
Journal:  Front Immunol       Date:  2022-02-10       Impact factor: 7.561

4.  Presence of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae strains from well water samples in Guinea-Bissau.

Authors:  Rocío A Baquero; María Reyes-Batlle; Graciela G Nicola; Carmen M Martín-Navarro; Atteneri López-Arencibia; J Guillermo Esteban; Basilio Valladares; Enrique Martínez-Carretero; José E Piñero; Jacob Lorenzo-Morales
Journal:  Pathog Glob Health       Date:  2014-06-17       Impact factor: 2.894

5.  Free-living amoebae isolated in the Central African Republic: epidemiological and molecular aspects.

Authors:  Alain Farra; Claudine Bekondi; Vianney Tricou; Jean Robert Mbecko; Antoine Talarmin
Journal:  Pan Afr Med J       Date:  2017-02-01

Review 6.  Drugs used for the treatment of cerebral and disseminated infections caused by free-living amoebae.

Authors:  Alexandre Taravaud; Zineb Fechtali-Moute; Philippe M Loiseau; Sébastien Pomel
Journal:  Clin Transl Sci       Date:  2021-03-01       Impact factor: 4.689

7.  A case report: primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in a young Zambian adult.

Authors:  Mashina Chomba; Luchenga A Mucheleng'anga; Sombo Fwoloshi; Joseph Ngulube; Mable M Mutengo
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2017-08-01       Impact factor: 3.090
  7 in total

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