--- abstract: 'Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare entity. Usual presenting features are fever, headache and seizures with meningeal signs and this disease carries high mortality rate. We present a case report of PAM presenting as status epilepticus.' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue37/2011-1-22.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - prashantpanda85@gmail.com creators_name: - family: Sharma given: A honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Raina given: R honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Jaret given: P honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Bharti given: V honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Gargi given: G honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Panda given: P honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2011-04-15 date_type: published datestamp: 2011-12-28 02:57:01 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/78/36 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - BS Kakkilaya editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: ~ eprint_status: archive eprintid: 7836 fileinfo: application/pdf;http://cogprints.org/7836/1/2011%2D1%2D22.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Primary amebic meningoencephalitis; Naegleria fowleri; Status epilepticus lastmod: 2011-12-28 02:57:01 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 1 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tBrown RL. Successful treatment of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Arch Intern Med 1991;151:1201-1202 \r\n2.\tJain R, Prabhakar S, Modi M, Bhatia R, Sehgal R. Naegleria meningitis: a rare survival. Neurol India 2002;50:470-472.\r\n3.\tMartinez AJ. Free living amoebas: Infection of the central nervous system. Mt Sinai J Med 1993;60:271-278.\r\n4.\tShamsizadeh A, Zaker N, Maraghi S, Momen A. A Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis. Pak J Med Sci 2006;22:471-473.\r\n5.\tTungikar SL , Kulkarni AG, Deshpande AD, Gosavi VS. Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis. JAPI 2006;54:327-329.\r\n6.\tRodriguez R, Mendez O, Molina O, Luzardo G. CNS infection by free living amebasc Report of 3 Venezuelan cases. J Rev Neurol 1998;26:1005-1008.\r\n7.\tGarcia TJ, Sotolongo GF, Cepero NF, Ibarra SE, Garcia OJ. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis. Report of suspicious case and review of the medical literature. Rev Cubana Med Trop. Sep-Dec 1978;30(3):161-166.\r\n8.\tJain R, Prabhakar S, Modi M, Bhatia R, Sehgal R. Naegleria meningitis: a rare Survival. Neurol India 2002;50:470-472.\r\n9.\tSingh SN, Patwari AK, Dutta R, Taneja N, Anand VK. Naegleria meningitis. Ind Pediatr 1998;35:1012-1015." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 8 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2011-12-28 02:57:01 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Primary Amoebic (Naegleria fowleri) Meningoencephalitis Presenting as Status Epilepticus type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 10