Hygiena 2008, 53(2):53-59

Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (Naegleriasis) - Problemme of Public Health?

Katarína Trnková, Lucia Maďarová, Cyril Klement
Regionálny úrad verejného zdravotníctva so sídlom v Banskej Bystrici, odbor lekárskej mikrobiológie

Naegleriasis or primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is invariably an acute, often fulminant infection of CNS caused by Naegleria fowleri, a small, free-living amoeba. Pathogenic free-living amoebae can cause serious illnesses in humans. The amoebae belonging to the genus Naegleria, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia mandrillaris and Sappinia diploidea produce syndromes in man ranging from acute fatal disease to chronic tissue invasion with granulomatous manifestation. The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical history, treatment, pathology and methods of laboratory diagnostic of naegleriasis.

Keywords: primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, naegleriasis, epidemiology, laboratory diagnostics of Naegleria fowleri

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