Open AccessEight-Year-Old Male With Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
Author(s) -
Chairut Vareechon,
Thomas M Tarro,
Claudia M. Polanco,
Vikram Anand,
Pia S. Pannaraj,
Jennifer Dien Bard
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz349
Subject(s) - medicine , meningoencephalitis , naegleria fowleri , primary (astronomy) , pediatrics , virology , physics , astronomy
Naegleria fowleri is a thermophilic free-living amoeba that is found in warm, fresh water and causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). The following report demonstrates the rapid and destructive clinical features of PAM in an 8-year-old male who presented with severe headaches approximately 12 days after swimming in a hot spring.
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