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. 1985 Apr;21(4):666–667. doi: 10.1128/jcm.21.4.666-667.1985

Isolation of Acanthamoeba culbertsoni from a patient with meningitis.

M K Lalitha, V Anandi, A Srivastava, K Thomas, A M Cherian, S M Chandi
PMCID: PMC271748  PMID: 3988911

Abstract

A case of amoebic meningitis, presumably primary, was encountered in the Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, South India, in November 1983. The patient, a 40-year-old man, had cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea before the meningitis developed. Acanthamoeba culbertsoni was repeatedly demonstrated in and cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient responded dramatically to a combination therapy of penicillin and chloramphenicol.

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