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meningoencephalitis
(redirected from primary amebic meningoencephalitis)

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meningoencephalitis [mə¦niŋ·gō·in‚sef·ə′līd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the brain and its meninges.


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To the Editor: Naegleriafowleri, a protozoon found in hot springs and warm surface water, can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis in humans.
Infection with Naegleria causes the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a brain inflammation, which leads to the destruction of brain tissue.
PCR has been used to identify ameba DNA in brain tissue and CSF of persons suspected of having balamuthiasis (2) and in brain tissue of a patient with primary amebic meningoencephalitis caused by N.
 
 
 
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