Fatal Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis, Italy

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Abstract

We report the first case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Italy, in a 9-year-old boy. Clinical course was fulminant, and diagnosis was made by identifying amebas in stained brain sections and by indirect immunofluorescence analysis. Naegleria fowleri was characterized as genotype I on the basis of polymerase chain reaction test results.

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Cogo, P. E., Scaglia, M., Gatti, S., Rossetti, F., Alaggio, R., Laverda, A. M., … Visvesvara, G. S. (2004). Fatal Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis, Italy. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(10), 1835–1837. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1010.040273

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