IDCases (Jan 2021)
A case report of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in North Florida
- Saad K. Anjum,
- Karna Mangrola,
- Garrett Fitzpatrick,
- Kimberly Stockdale,
- Laura Matthias,
- Ibne Karim M. Ali,
- Jennifer R. Cope,
- Kevin O’Laughlin,
- Shelley Collins,
- Stacy G. Beal,
- Frances M. Saccoccio
Affiliations
- Saad K. Anjum
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 36210, USA
- Karna Mangrola
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 36210, USA
- Garrett Fitzpatrick
- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
- Kimberly Stockdale
- Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, Florida Department of Health, 200 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34237, USA
- Laura Matthias
- Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, Florida Department of Health, 200 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34237, USA
- Ibne Karim M. Ali
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
- Jennifer R. Cope
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
- Kevin O’Laughlin
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA; Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
- Shelley Collins
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 36210, USA
- Stacy G. Beal
- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
- Frances M. Saccoccio
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 36210, USA; Corresponding author.
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 25
p. e01208
Abstract
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is a rare, usually fatal disease, caused by Naegleria fowleri. This case highlights the challenging clinicopathologic diagnosis in a 13-year-old boy who swam in freshwater in northern Florida where a previous case had exposure to a body of water on the same property in 2009.
