Successful Treatment of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis

Abstract

PRIMARY amebic meningoencephalitis, caused by infection with the free-living amebas of the genera naegleria or acanthamoeba, was first reported in 1965 by Fowler and Carter in Australia.¹ Soon after that, the disease was reported in Eastern Europe² and the United States.^{3 , 4} Approximately 100 presumptive or parasitologically proved cases of primary amebic meningoencephalitis have been described.⁵ According to these reports, three patients with naegleria primary amebic meningoencephalitis have survived this infection.⁵ None of these cases occurred in the United States.This report describes the successful treatment of a patient who acquired primary amebic meningoencephalitis in California.Case ReportThree days before . . .