Primary Amebic Menigoencephalitis (PMA)
Nagelria fowleri is a free living thermophilic ameba inhabiting in fresh water ponds, lakes, river, hot spring, inadeqautely chlorinated swimming pools & other water supplies.
It causes a rapidly progressive usually fatal primary amebic menigoencephalitis.
Acanthamoeba and balamuthia causes subacute or chronic granulomatous amebic menigoencephalitis.
Clinical Feature
Diagnosis
CSF :
Microscopic examination of motile trophozites but may undergo rapid degenration.
Elevated proteins, decreased sugars, RBC's are seen.
Treatment
Prognosis
Updated on 18/3/2014
Reference
Harrison
PMA ; Photo quiz, Clinical Infectious Disease,2012
Facts about Naelgeria fowleri & Primary meningoencephalitis ; CDC.