Perumalsamy Venkatesh, Sundaramoorthy Raja, Ganesan Vithiya, Geni V G
Department of Neurology, Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Microbiology, Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Trop Parasitol. 2020 Jul-Dec;10(2):150-152. doi: 10.4103/tp.TP_34_19. Epub 2021 Jan 25.
A case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in a 47-year-old male is described. The disease may have been contracted during bathing. The source of water was from a pond. The clinical presentation, the isolation of the ameba from the cerebrospinal fluid, and the response to amphotericin B are all consistent with the diagnosis of PAM. To our knowledge, this is the first case of PAM to be reported in Tamil Nadu, India.
描述了一例47岁男性原发性阿米巴脑膜脑炎(PAM)病例。该疾病可能在洗澡时感染。水源来自一个池塘。临床表现、从脑脊液中分离出阿米巴以及对两性霉素B的反应均与PAM的诊断相符。据我们所知,这是印度泰米尔纳德邦报告的首例PAM病例。