| primary amoebic meningoencephalitis with naegleria fowleri: clinical review. | two children with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis secondary to naegleria fowleri are reported. both children died, and the causative agent was identified at autopsy. presentation and outcome conformed to the usual course of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis and reaffirm the gravity and rapid progression of this infection. the epidemiology, microbiology, diagnostic considerations, and treatment are discussed. primary amoebic meningoencephalitis should be considered in the differential diagn ... | 1996 | 8916161 |
| identification of naegleria fowleri in domestic water sources by nested pcr. | the free-living amoeboflagellate naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (pam), a rapidly fatal disease of the central nervous system. in the united states, the disease is generally acquired while swimming and diving in freshwater lakes and ponds. in addition to swimming, exposure to n. fowleri and the associated disease can occur by total submersion in bathwater or small backyard wading pools. in the present study, swipe samples and residual pipe water fr ... | 2003 | 14532037 |
| 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 |
| naegleria fowleri in well water. | | 2008 | 18760036 |
| identification of naegleria fowleri in warm ground water aquifers. | the free-living amoeba naegleria fowleri was identified as the etiological agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis that caused the deaths of two children in peoria, arizona, in autumn of 2002. it was suspected that the source of n. fowleri was the domestic water supply, which originates from ground water sources. in this study, ground water from the greater phoenix metropolitan area was tested for the presence of n. fowleri using a nested polymerase chain reaction approach. phylogenetic ana ... | 2010 | 20048302 |
| the occurrence of naegleria fowleri in recreational waters in arizona. | naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba found in waters in warmer regions that causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare but almost universally fatal disease. the goal of this project was to assess the occurrence of n. fowleri and other thermophilic amoebae in 33 recreational surface waters across arizona to determine if their presence could be correlated with seasonal or other environmental factors. first, 1-l grab samples were collected over two years and analyzed using polymerase c ... | 2014 | 24967566 |