Naegleria Infection: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

Naegleria fowleri, Naegleria infection, N fowleri, primary amebic meningoencephalitis, PAM, purulent meningoencephalitis, N fowleri meningoencephalitis, Naegleria fowleri meningoencephalitis, Naegleria australiensis, Naegleria italica, Naegleria philippinensis, N australiensis, N italica, N philippinensis

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Subhash Chandra Parija, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath, Director-Professor of Microbiology, Head of Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute, Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, India
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Michael Stuart Bronze, MD, Professor, Stewart G Wolf Chair in Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
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