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- Title
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis-- Arizona, Florida, and Texas, 2007.
- Authors
Matthews, S.; Ginzl, D.; Walsh, D.; Sherin, K.; Middaugh, J.; Hammond, R.; Bodager, D.; Komatsu, K.; Weiss, J.; Pascoe, N.; Marciano-Cabral, F.; Villegas, E.; Visvesvara, G.; Yoder, J.; Eddy, B.; Capewell, L.; Sriram, R.; Bandyopadhyay, K.; Qvarnstrom, Y.; DaSilva, A.
- Abstract
The article presents a report from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) summarizing an investigation into cases of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by infection from water containing the living ameba Naegleria fowleri. Six PAM cases were reported to the CDC from Arizona, Florida, and Texas in 2007. All six patients died as a result of the infection. Details from each PAM case are presented. Health officials call for an updated and consistent approach to N. fowleri risk prevention messages, diagnosis, treatment, case reporting and environmental sampling.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; CENTRAL nervous system diseases; ENVIRONMENTAL sampling; ENCEPHALITIS; AMEBIASIS treatment; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.)
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2008, Vol 300, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.300.2.161