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Amoebic Meningoencephalitis: Sixteen Fatalities

L. erva ¹ and K. Novak ¹

¹ Army Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Microbiology, Prague, and Postgraduate Medical Institute, Prague, Czechoslovakia

The parasitologic examination of pathologic brain tissue from 16 cases of acute plurulent meningoencephalitis occurring between 1962 and 1965 in northern Bohemia disclosed massive infection of the central nervous system by amoebas of the limax type. The common source was an indoor swimming pool.

Acanthamoeba spp. as Agents of Disease in Humans.

F. Marciano-Cabral and G. Cabral (2003)
Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 16, 273-307
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Assessing the Risk of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis from Swimming in the Presence of Environmental Naegleria fowleri.

P.-A. Cabanes, F. Wallet, E. Pringuez, and P. Pernin (2001)
Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 67, 2927-2931
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Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis.

C. P. Darby, S. E. Conradi, T. W. Holbrook, and C. Chatellier (1979)
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 133, 1025-1027
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Virulent Naegleria fowleri in an indoor swimming pool.

V Kadlec, L Cerva, and J Skvarova (1978)
Science 201, 1025
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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis Caused by Naegleria Two New Cases, Response to Amphotericin B, and a Review.

R. J. DUMA, W. I. ROSENBLUM, R. F. MCGEHEE, M. M. JONES, and E. C. NELSON (1971)
Ann Intern Med 74, 923-931
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Meningoencephalitis Due to Free-Living Amebas Normally Found in Soil.

H. B. SHOOKHOFF (1969)
Ann Intern Med 70, 1276-1277
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Amoebic Meningoencephalitis: A New Amoeba Isolate.

L. Ccaronerva, V. Zimak, and K. Novak (1969)
Science 163, 575-576
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