| isolation of the etiological agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from artifically heated waters. | to determine whether artificial heating of water by power plant discharges facilitates proliferation of the pathogenic free-living amoebae that cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, water samples (250 ml) were taken from discharges within 3,000 feet (ca. 914.4 m) of power plants and were processed for amoeba culture. pathogenic naegleria fowleri grew out of water samples from two of five lakes and rivers in florida and from one of eight man-made lakes in texas. pathogenic n. fowleri did not ... | 1977 | 596872 |
| primary amebic meningoencephalitis--arizona, florida, and texas, 2007. | primary amebic meningoencephalitis (pam) is a rare but nearly always fatal disease caused by infection with naegleria fowleri, a thermophilic, free-living ameba found in freshwater environments. infection results from water containing n. fowleri entering the nose, followed by migration of the amebae to the brain via the olfactory nerve. in 2007, six cases of pam in the united states were reported to cdc; all six patients died. this report summarizes the investigations of the cases, which occurre ... | 2008 | 18509301 |
| primary amebic meningoencephalitis in florida: a case report and epidemiological review of florida cases. | primary amebic meningoencephalitis (pam) is a rare but nearly always fatal infection of the central nervous system caused by the thermophilic, free-living ameba naegleria fowleri. since its first description in 1965 through 2010, 118 cases have been reported in the u.s.; all cases are related to environmental exposure to warm freshwater; most have occurred in children and adolescents and are associated with recreational water activities, such as swimming, diving, or playing in freshwater lakes, ... | 2013 | 23621053 |