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Amoebae free-living. Report of the first Italian case of myelitis
A Ioli1, D Forino, L Lo Giudice
1Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Institute of Medical Parasitology, Università Degli Studi di Messina.
Acta Neurologica
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
The AA. refer on the first Italian case of amoebae "Limax" primitive myelitis in a 25-year-old man. Microscopical observation showed amoebae free-living, but their cultivation and identification were not possible. The patient recovered because of the propriety of diagnosis and therapy with amphotericin B.