TY  - JOUR
TI  - Brain Eating Amoeba: Cerebral Infarction Caused by
a Naegleria fowleri Infection
AB  - Although encephalitis caused by amoebas is commonly known in the literature, ischemic stroke associated with these microorganisms
is very rare. Contrasted neuroimaging is a key modality for the rapid identification of atypical strokes in immunosuppressed patients. In
this paper, a fatal case of amoebic encephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri is presented in an immunosuppressed patient, with the infection being
revealed by cerebrospinal fluid microscopy, amoeba culture, and neuroimaging. This paper is significant being the first case report on N. fowleri
in Turkey and showing the importance of neuroimaging in atypical stroke cases.
AU  - Erben, Nurettin
AU  - Dogan, Nihal
AU  - GER AKARSU, FATMA
AU  - Özdemir, Atilla Özcan
AU  - Bas, Demet Funda
DO  - 10.5336/caserep.2021-83778
PY  - 2021
JO  - Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Case Reports
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 2147-9291
SP  - 234
EP  - 237
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/528256
ER  -