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Revision as of 19:05, 5 December 2012

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is a disease of the central nervous system caused by infection from Naegleria fowleri.^[1]^[2]

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 ==Overview==
-'''Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis''' ('''PAM''', or '''PAME''') is a disease of the [[central nervous system]] caused by infection from ''[[Naegleria fowleri]]''.<ref name="pmid11425704">{{cite journal |author=Cabanes PA, Wallet F, Pringuez E, Pernin P |title=Assessing the risk of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from swimming in the presence of environmental Naegleria fowleri |journal=Appl. Environ. Microbiol. |volume=67 |issue=7 |pages=2927–31 |year=2001 |month=July |pmid=11425704 |pmc=92963 |doi=10.1128/AEM.67.7.2927-2931.2001 |url=http://aem.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11425704}}</ref><ref name="Sarica2009">{{cite pmid|19621290}}</ref>
+'''Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis''' is a disease of the [[central nervous system]] caused by infection from ''[[Naegleria fowleri]]''.<ref name="pmid11425704">{{cite journal |author=Cabanes PA, Wallet F, Pringuez E, Pernin P |title=Assessing the risk of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis from swimming in the presence of environmental Naegleria fowleri |journal=Appl. Environ. Microbiol. |volume=67 |issue=7 |pages=2927–31 |year=2001 |month=July |pmid=11425704 |pmc=92963 |doi=10.1128/AEM.67.7.2927-2931.2001 |url=http://aem.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11425704}}</ref><ref name="Sarica2009">{{cite pmid|19621290}}</ref>
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