Open AccessFatal Naegleria fowleri Infection Acquired in Minnesota: Possible Expanded Range of a Deadly Thermophilic Organism
Author(s) -
Sarah K. Kemble,
Ruth Lynfield,
Aaron DeVries,
Dennis Drehner,
William F. Pomputius,
Michael J. Beach,
G. S. Visvesvara,
Alexandre J. da Silva,
Vincent R. Hill,
Jonathan S. Yoder,
Lihua Xiao,
K. E. Smith,
Richard Danila
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir961
Subject(s) - naegleria fowleri , naegleria , meningoencephalitis , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , protozoa , virology
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), caused by the free-living ameba Naegleria fowleri, has historically been associated with warm freshwater exposures at lower latitudes of the United States. In August 2010, a Minnesota resident, aged 7 years, died of rapidly progressive meningoencephalitis after local freshwater exposures, with no history of travel outside the state. PAM was suspected on the basis of amebae observed in cerebrospinal fluid.
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