Detection of naegleria species in environmental samples from peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ithoi, I., Ahmad, A.F., Nissapatorn, V., Lau, Y.L., Mahmud, R., Mak, J.W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/2146/1/1.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/2146/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21915311
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

BACKGROUND: In Malaysia, researchers and medical practitioners are unfamiliar with Naegleria infections. Thus little is known about the existence of pathogenic Naegleria fowleri, and the resultant primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is seldom included in the differential diagnosis of central...