Novel Chemotherapeutic Strategies in the Management of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis Due to Naegleria fowleri
Document Type
Letter to the Editor
Department
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Abstract
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) due to Naegleria fowleri is a fulminating infection that can result in death within days. The disease prognosis is poor, although early diagnosis and aggressive treatment might increase survival chances [1]. Through contaminated water, N. fowleri enters nostrils and then migrates along the olfactory nerve, through the cribriform plate into the brain [2]. PAM is characterized by parosmia, rapidly progressing to anosmia (with resultant ageusia) as the nerve cells of the olfactory bulbs are destroyed leading to seizures and finally death [3].
Publication (Name of Journal)
CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
Recommended Citation
Baig, A. M.,
Khan, N. A.
(2014). Novel Chemotherapeutic Strategies in the Management of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis Due to Naegleria fowleri. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 20(3), 289-290.
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