| [molecular diagnosis of a fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in guadeloupe (french west indies)]. | we report the first case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in a 9-year-old boy in guadeloupe. the outcome was rapidly fatal in 7 days. the patient presumably acquired the infection by swimming and diving in a basin supplied by natural thermal water 1 week before onset of the disease. the possibility of a free-living amoeba infection was suspected both on the negativity of all bacterial and viral initial tests and on the observation of peculiar cells in stained cerebrospinal fluid samples. a ... | 2010 | 20099054 |
| soil is the origin for the presence of naegleria fowleri in the thermal recreational waters. | naegleria fowleri is found in most geothermal baths of guadeloupe and has been responsible for the death of a 9-year-old boy who swam in one of these baths in 2008. we wanted to determine the origin for the presence of this amoeba in the water. water samples were taken at the origin of the geothermal sources and at the arrival in the baths. after filtration, cultures were made and the number of naegleria present was determined using the most probable number method. soil samples collected in the ... | 2015 | 25352239 |
| survey of naegleria fowleri in geothermal recreational waters of guadeloupe (french west indies). | in 2008 a fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, due to the amoeboflagellate naegleria fowleri, occurred in guadeloupe, french west indies, after a child swam in a bath fed with geothermal water. in order to improve the knowledge on free-living amoebae in this tropical part of france, we investigated on a monthly basis, the presence of naegleria spp. in the recreational baths, and stream waters which feed them. a total of 73 water samples, 48 sediments and 54 swabs samples were colle ... | 2013 | 23349880 |