- Title
- A case of hartmannellid amebic meningoencephalitis in Zambia
- Creator
- Bhagwandeen, S. B.; Carter, R. F.; Naik, K. G.; Levitt, D.
- Relation
- American Journal of Clinical Pathology Vol. 63, Issue 4, p. 483-492
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/63.4.483
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 1975
- Description
- A case of amebic meningoencephalitis recognized in an adult Zambian is described. This is the first authenticated case from Africa. The morphologic features of the organism, its ability to form cysts in tissue, and the granulomatous tissue response denote that the ameba is an hartmannellid rather than a Naegleria. Free-living amebas of the family Hartmannellidae have not been incriminated before as a cause of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in man. To our knowledge this is the only case where such an ameba was responsible for fulminating meningoencephalitis. The presence of the amebas in a cellulocutaneous abdominal lesion suggests hematogenous dissemination.
- Subject
- amebic meningoencephalitis; East Africa; brain; naegleria meningoencephalitis; hartmannellidae meningoencephalitis
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1394178
- Identifier
- uon:33657
- Identifier
- ISSN:0002-9173
- Rights
- © 1975 Oxford University Press. The version of record: Bhagwandeen S. B. , Carter, R. F., Naik, K.G , Levitt, D. (1975) A case of hartmannellid amebic meningoencephalitis in Zambia. American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 63 (4), pp. 483-92, is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/63/4/483/1770228. Doi: 10.1093/ajcp/63.4.483. Inclusion in any Open-Access publication or under a Creative Commons license or any other Open-Access license allowing onward reuse is prohibited.
- Language
- eng
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