• Pediatrics · Mar 2015

    Case Reports

    Successful treatment of an adolescent with Naegleria fowleri primary amebic meningoencephalitis.

    • W Matthew Linam, Mubbasheer Ahmed, Jennifer R Cope, Craig Chu, Govinda S Visvesvara, Alexandre J da Silva, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, and Jerril Green.
    • Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section and wlinam@uams.edu.
    • Pediatrics. 2015 Mar 1;135(3):e744-8.

    AbstractNaegleria fowleri is a thermophilic, free-living ameba that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis. The infections are nearly always fatal. We present the third well-documented survivor of this infection in North America. The patient's survival most likely resulted from a variety of factors: early identification and treatment, use of a combination of antimicrobial agents (including miltefosine), and management of elevated intracranial pressure based on the principles of traumatic brain injury.Copyright © 2015 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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